Word: offerred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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American Express has reason to persist and even to raise its offer. Under Howard L. Clark, who was chairman from 1960 through early 1977, revenues soared from $75 million to $3.4 billion, and profits hit $262 million. Growth has continued under new Chairman Robinson, the workaholic scion of an Atlanta banking family and protégé of Family Friend Clark. But Amexco has largely saturated the market for high-income holders of credit cards, and competitor Visa and some major banks are also trying to sell their own traveler's checks. Earnings from Fireman's Fund Insurance...
...interest in conservation grows, stoves and furnaces are also becoming more technologically sophisticated. Several coal-and oil-burner manufacturers offer central-heating systems that can operate on either wood or fossil fuels, or both at the same time. New York's Oneida Heater Co., one of the nation's oldest furnace makers, introduced a wood-fired line of furnaces five years ago and now does some 80% of its business with them. In Milwaukee, a gocart manufacturer, Johnson Kart Co., five years ago developed a wood-burner adapter to fit onto existing oil-fired hot-air furnaces...
More than 400 major corporations, and uncounted small ones, offer employees an exercise plan. Most schemes are designed to keep top-level executives in working order, but many firms have begun exhorting even rank-and-file employees to get out there and sweat...
...enrolling in independent health clinics. Among them are Los Angeles' Atlantic Richfield Plaza Fitness Center, with twelve corporate clients, and Manhattan's Cardio-Fitness Center, which has Celanese Corp., Dun & Bradstreet Co., Time Inc. and the National Hockey League among its 35 company supporters. The centers offer the latest in rowing, cycling, jogging and weight-lifting gadgets. They provide members with freshly laundered exercise clothing, private lockers and hairdryers...
...Classics remain an alternative form of basketball for Harvard athletes. For those who don't make the varsity hoop squad, or can't afford a major time commitment, the Classics offer top-notch competition, organization, and a chance to see the world--without joining the Navy...