Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Navy was the big story at this weekend's Philadelphia race. The Midshippmen, who had finished second to Harvard in California, turned in a blistering 5:22.52 on the Schukill. The Quakers and the Crimson followed in 5:23.12 and 5:25.56 respectively...
...bankruptcy, according to one legal expert. Many of the large institutional investors that hold Texaco stock are forbidden by various rules and regulations to own securities that fail to pay dividends. But even those that are not so constrained are unhappy. Harold Ofstie, for example, is portfolio manager of Philadelphia-based Delaware Management, which owns 3.7 million Texaco shares. The bankruptcy filing means a projected loss of $11.1 million in annual dividend income for Delaware. Says Ofstie: "We understand the reasons why Texaco went into Chapter 11. But we're an income-oriented investment company, and Texaco doesn't have...
...secret that Celebrity Chronicler James Spada has dug up is that Philadelphia-proper, convent-educated Grace Kelly had sex before marriage, apparently a lot. While putting her affairs in order, Spada in this sad, breathless biography writes endlessly about the "duality" of Kelly's personality (fire vs. ice, expression vs. repression), all in a turgid stream of psychobabble. People who want to find out if Grace Kelly was a sensuous woman need only see To Catch a Thief. They will satisfy their curiosity, and Grace will be allowed to rest in peace...
...heavies are favored in this morning's Adams Cup race on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia against Penn and Navy--probably the second and third best crews respectively in the East. The lights, on the other hand, will be underdogs when they race against Yale and Princeton in this morning's Goldthwait Cup on Charles River. The Harvard lights have not captured the Goldthwait Cup since...
...women's track at Penn Relays (Philadelphia...