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...Athletic Director Dave Nelson discourages alumni contributors. "Let them give to the philosophy department," he says. Each year Delaware metes out a mere twelve football scholarships-less than half the 25 allowed by N.C.A.A. rules-and draws more than 95% of its players from within a 150-mile radius of its Newark, Del., campus...
...campaign issues go, it could not compete with the war, the economy or law-and-order. But it was certainly an emotional question, as Richard Nixon understood. For years the National Football League has forbidden televi sion broadcasts of a team's home games within a 75-mile radius of its city, arguing that TV would cut the take at the stadium. Now Congress is considering legislation that would ban the blackout...
Atlanta's metropolitan population has doubled, to 1,400,000, in 15 years, and the area continues to be one of the fastest-growing in the nation. Much of the expansion is due to the fact that Atlanta is the key commercial center within a radius of nearly 600 miles. Companies eager to tap the South's expanding consumer and industrial markets headquartered their regional operations in Atlanta, making it the ultimate branch-office town. No fewer than 430 of the FORTUNE 500 largest U.S. companies have offices in Atlanta. Recent arrivals include National Distribution Services...
Eight FBI agents armed with high-powered rifles surrounded the jetliner at the Freeport airstrip, as Sheriff Robert Gladney and state and local police sealed off the area for the radius of a mile...
...sumptuous villas belonging to the Kremlin elite. They are the most luxurious examples of the dacha (country house), a cherished retreat for every Russian lucky enough to have one, and a coveted status symbol for those who do not. There are approximately 40,000 dachas within a 30-mile radius of Moscow alone, including elegant mansions of the country's leaders, comfortable cottages for favored bureaucrats and humble izbas, or huts, often without plumbing or electricity, for less exalted citizens...