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...open holes for the ground game, or hold off enemy blitzes on pass plays, he has an offensive forward wall that averages 225 Ibs. per man and takes it as a personal insult whenever anybody so much as lays a grimy paw on Terry Hanratty's blue jersey. "After the Army game," recalls Terry, "I was talking to Paul Seiler, the tackle, and I said, 'Gee, Paul, I've been hit three times in three games this year.' I was just joking, but he said seriously, 'That's three times too many, Terry...
...bears got into short-selling just in time to be badly hurt; they had to scramble quickly as the averages rose to cover short positions in both glamour stocks and blue chips. As a result, both highflyers and such long-dull blue chips as A.T. & T., Chrysler, Du Pont, Jersey Standard and U.S. Steel were traded unusually heavily, and most ended the week with a gain...
...others: Boston & Maine, Delaware & Hudson, Reading, Central of New Jersey, Western Maryland, Chesapeake & Ohio-Baltimore & Ohio, and Norfolk & Western...
...their part, the majors (the biggest, led by Standard Oil of New Jersey and Royal Dutch/Shell, are nicknamed "the Seven Sisters") fear that, waving the juicy E.R.A.P. deal as precedent, every sheik in the Middle East will be howling for similar agreements. Actually, France may well decide that it was a poor idea after all. Under the contract, E.R.A.P.'s exploratory territory shrinks from 85,000 to 12,000 sq. mi. after the first year, and still more after that; search rights may be stopped altogether after six years. Given past experience, the prospects for finding oil are uncertain...
...Robert Moses, 77, New York's onetime power, park and parkway czar, now chairman of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority; and Mary Grady, 50, an Authority secretary for 30 years; she for the first time, he for the second (one month after his first wife died); in Jersey City...