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...Gulf-Socal merger goes through, it will be the climax of a run of takeovers that has been reshaping the oil industry. In the past 32 months five large oil firms (Gulf, Getty Oil, Conoco, Marathon Oil and Cities Service) have been swallowed up. Last week's news set off renewed speculation about which energy companies would be acquired next. Among the most frequently mentioned targets: Superior Oil, Kerr-McGee and Amerada Hess...
Franny and John are a little too close for comfort. Indeed their fraternal horsing around seems more like foreplay than wrestling. However, it is not until later on in the movie, when Fanny finally gives in to her brother's somewhat questionable desires that the two engage in a marathon afternoon...
...your Essay "Journalese as a Tongue," the language used by [Feb. 6], you apparently forgot to mention "marathon bargaining session." Not one labor dispute is ever settled without such a meeting, which, of course, "narrowly averts a walkout...
...Reagan Administration has approved some of the biggest corporate mergers in history: Du Pont and Conoco, U.S. Steel and Marathon Oil and, tentatively, Texaco and Getty. Last week, in a stunning reversal, it blocked the planned marriage of LTV and Republic Steel. Proposed in September, the deal would have created the second-largest steel company in America, behind U.S. Steel. Assistant Attorney General J. Paul McGrath, named two months ago to succeed William Baxter as the Justice Department's antitrust chief, said the merger would violate the Clayton Act, which bans excessive concentration in any industry...
While part of the marathon proceeds will be given directly to Jellerson Park Schlesinger explained a large portion of it will go into Currier's own Jellerson Park outreach, which among other things allows Currier students to tutor residents of the area...