Word: quarters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter's most recent press conference, one reporter asked the president to react to the fourth-quarter profits of the oil companies which reached 48 per cent, 72 per cent, 44 per cent and 134 per cent in light of the president's request that workers in the oil industry hold their wage demands to seven per cent. Carter answered that, like all good Americans, he would "like to see a good balance between prices and profits...
...twelve lumps is better than the same news meted out in 36 installments. American Motors also points out that its Jeep is not included in the car sales reports, but that big sales of that "utility vehicle" helped lift the firm's profits, to $26 million, in the quarter ended last month...
Dallas defensive end Harvey "Too Mean" Martin knocked the ball away from Bradshaw on third down late in the first quarter and Ed "Too Tall" Jones scooped up the fumble on the Steeler...
Both defenses tightened in the third quarter, but Dallas finally put together a drive late in the period. On a third and two from the Steeler nine, Staubach found tight end Jackie Smith all alone in the endzone, but Smith, a 16-year veteran playing in his first Super Bowl, dropped the ball. Instead of a tie game, Dallas settled for a 27-yd. field goal and a four-point deficit...
Early in the fourth quarter, after an exchange of punts, Bradshaw again led the Steelers down the field. They marched from their own 16 to the Dallas 23 where, with 11 minutes left, Franco Harris ran off tackle for the first running touchdown for a 28-17 Steeler lead...