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...romped over their opposition by a remarkable 8.1 second margin--over two boat lengths and the largest margin of victory in a J.V. lightweight final since at least 1969. Times have not been kept for the years before that...
Things don't always move swiftly at the welfare department, though. Only last week did the state's attorney take the case to court, getting a 505-count indictment against Otis for the largest welfare fraud in Illinois history. How did she get away with her scheme for so long? According to investigators, she was successful because she knew welfare law cold and could cite chapter and verse to case workers who questioned her applications...
...country's largest private employer, Co-Op Denmark, which runs department stores and supermarkets (sales: $1.9 billion), has started a policy of freezing promotions of top managers after age 50 and decruiting them at 60. Already more than 40 store managers have moved down and taken pay cuts of one-third to one-half: Tage Nielsen, 56, now works as an office clerk; Edmond Glud, 64, switched to the mail department; Sigvald Bangsager, 62, cuts a fine figure as a security guard. Says he: "You have to know when your time is up, when you're burned...
Later expanding on his philosophy, Eklund points to all the millions that his company has invested in the central cities in Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Detroit and Atlanta. Yes, it has made a profit, but not always top profit. It has started the country's largest "minority small-business investment company, and Eklund knows that that will...
...number of freshmen declaring they will major in each of the ten largest concentrations...