Word: sole
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Among the takeover possibilities that are said to interest Simon is Swift & Co., which recently announced an executive change of its own. President Robert Reneker, 55, becomes sole chief executive on Dec. 1 when Board Chairman Porter M. Jarvis retires, taking his title with him. Reneker made his reputation in sales and is the first man to reach the top spot without a solid grounding in meat operations-which suggests that the company, having branched into such nonfood items as chemicals and insurance, plans further diversification. Admittedly curious about rumors of Simon's interest in his company, Reneker claims...
...ever to be crowned in Iran's 2,513-year history as a monarchy, she will become regent, if anything happens to the Shah, until Prince Reza comes of age. It is a possibility that the Shah, who has survived two assassination attempts, knows is very real. "My sole aim in life," he told his subjects at the end of the ceremony, "is the constant improvement of the welfare of Iran. In this task, I will withhold nothing, not even my life...
...Specter's claim of sole possession of reform credentials gone unchallenged. Specter switched parties in 1965 when Democratic leaders refused him the nomination for district attorney or state senator. To win he must attract other defectors, because Philadelphia Democrats enjoy a registration edge over Republicans of 560,000 to 370,000. With the help of an endorsement from the Americans for Democratic Action, he depicts himself as the true legatee of the progressive Democratic administrations of Joseph Clark and Richardson Dilworth. Specter's problem here is that Tate does not present a convenient conservative contrast...
Harvard will also be battling Cornell for first place in the Ivy League soccer standings this morning at Ithaca. The Big Red booters, last in the league a year ago, upended Princeton, 3-0, last week. The Tigers previously defeated Columbia, Harvard's sole Ivy victim to date...
...victory boosted the team's record to 5-1, the sole loss coming at the hands of Northeastern in the year's second outing...