Word: levi
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...mercurial Martin, who has brawled, boozed and been fired regularly throughout his tempestuous career, Oakland's sizzling start is vindication of his techniques and his new owners' faith. Irascible Charlie Finley sold the A's last year to the Haas family, proprietors of Levi Strauss & Co., for $12.7 million. It looked like a rotten investment. But the A's, who drew a paltry total of 306,763 for 81 home games in 1979, happily watched 149,873 fans pack Oakland-Alameda Coliseum for the first six dates of the 1981 season...
There is a new owner around to take care of the players as well. Walter J. Haas from Levi Strauss & Co. bought the club for $12.7 million from the mercurial Charles O. Finley last summer. Already he has infused money into the moribund farm system, hired scouts and set about rebuilding the flimsy organization left behind by Finley. Martin is thriving in his role as paterfamilias to his young players: "These kids can be molded. It's a lot easier than taking a person set in his ways. I've had both, and I've won with...
Five Harvard students this week received Marshall scholarships for study next year at British universities. The students are David F. Bush '81, Michael S. Elias '81, Jerome Levi '81, Paul Y. Liu '81, and Eric P. Rakowsky '80. The Marshall scholarship, founded by the British government in 1953 in appreciation for American aid to Europe under the Marshall Plan, is awarded to students who demonstrate "distinction of intellect and character" and who show promise of making "a significant contribution to their society...
...bankrolled by the estate of a multimillionaire Texas financier; TOT's success has been so swift and sure it is now flourishing on a million-dollar budget. Some of that comes from revenues and some from grants by Texaco, Exxon, First City Bancorporation of Texas, Dresser Industries and Levi Strauss, as well as the state of Texas and the National Endowment for the Arts. This year the group comes East for the first time (stops will include Albany, Ga., Danville, Va., and Asheville, N.C.), and later may go to Alaska...
...minor-league players were drafted by big-league clubs during last week's meetings; a year ago, just ten players were selected. The Oakland A's-reviving under General Manager-Manager Billy Martin and flush with funds since Skinflint Owner Charlie Finley sold the team to Levi Strauss Chairman Walter A. Haas Jr. last summer-have passed up the free-agent market in favor of acquiring minor-league clubs to develop young players. Other clubs are following suit...