Word: roger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...voted unanimously to reject the $40 offer. McGraw apparently won unanimity by harping on his two main arguments: 1) that an Amexco takeover would undermine the editorial independence of McGraw-Hill publications, especially Business Week and the Standard & Poor's bond-rating service, and 2) that Amexco President Roger Morley had committed a "serious breach of trust" by serving as a McGraw-Hill director while Amexco was preparing its bid-a charge that McGraw repeated in a letter to share holders announcing the rejection...
What most outraged Blanton's critics was the fact that among the convicts he freed last week was Roger Humphreys, 32, whose father Frank is a political ally and former chairman of Blanton's patronage committee in Washington County. Young Humphreys was serving a 20-year term in the Tennessee State Penitentiary for having murdered his ex-wife and her lover in 1973. He was convicted of killing the two after first having breakfast with them at his ex-wife's apartment. He had used a double-barreled derringer, reloading it at least eight times, to stitch...
...offer." Attackers do not expect to be loved, but they rarely sue for libel. The 22-page complaint was aimed at silencing Harold McGraw, the publishing company's chief, who earlier in the week took out ads harshly attacking American Express, its chairman, James Robinson, and its president, Roger Morley...
...Staubach has plenty of laurels to fall back on. Aside from his college triumphs, he led Dallas to Super Bowl victories in 1972 and 1978. Yet, Landry says, "Roger is an unusual person-he loves football and doesn't get tired of playing it. When they reach his age, a lot of people lose the incentive." Staubach hopes he can play for another three or four seasons. "Life is short," he says, "and football is still a challenge...
...Roger Staubach, the 36-year-old Dallas quarterback, then rifled a sideline pass to rookie split end Tony Hill, who took the pigskin 60 yards for a Dallas touchdown to even the score...