Word: mississippi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mississippi St. vs. W. Virginia...
...response to a flagging market. Citing continuing declines in petroleum prices, Atlantic Richfield, the sixth largest U.S. oil firm, last week unveiled a sweeping reorganization program. The Los Angeles-based concern (1984 sales: $25 billion) announced that it will shed all its refining and marketing operations east of the Mississippi, including 1,100 gas stations. The company also intends to pare down spending on exploration by 50% and abandon its copper and molybdenum businesses. More dramatically, ARCO's board of directors voted to increase significantly the firm's long-term borrowing. As a result, total indebtedness could reach more than...
While Harvard has been confidently flexing its muscles on this side of the Mississippi, the Western giants, notably Stanford and USC, have been licking then respective chops for a chance to dellate the high-flying Crimson's balloon...
...Wideman wore a different mask for the media. He commented on James Meredith's integrating the University of Mississippi: "I probably could not have done what he did ... I feel passive about it. I can support fully any movement that will effect legislation and make it meaningful ... and I say 'Go to it!' but leave me here. My major concern is something else. Whether that's good or bad, that...