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Tennessee Democrats seemed to pay little heed to the attacks when they went to the polls. Mondale won Tennessee by a comfortable 42% to 30%, and took 30 delegates to Hart's 20. It was a case of Mondale's superior organization turning out the vote in a state where only diehard Democrats, and not all of them, bothered to enter the voting booths. The 399,383 who cast ballots constituted just 16.5% of Tennessee's voters (who are not registered by party). Lamented Hart's state campaign chairman, Will Cheek: "We gave a primary...
Such bonanzas are making 1984 the best year ever for dealmaking. In addition to Socal and Gulf, mergermen have put Texaco and Getty Oil together in a $10.1 billion corporate marriage and arranged a $5.7 billion combine of Mobil and Superior Oil. During the first three months of 1984, company mergers valued at a total of $34 billion took place. Should they continue at this rate, the old annual record of $82.6 billion set in 1981 will easily be broken...
While Usher is quick to recognize that USC has the superior talent--the top four singles players are all ranked on the World Tennis Association computer, all played in the U.S. Open qualifier last year, and the top three are ranked in the nation's top 10--he seems confident he'll soon have that extra dollar...
...underbelly of the Axis." Clark noted drily, "It was not so soft." The Italian campaign was the war's most grueling, taking 20 long months and some 300,000 Allied casualties. The forces under Clark faced a German army that for most of the bitter struggle was greatly superior in manpower, ammunition and equipment. The Allies were pitted as well against cruel weather and the narrow, mountainous Italian peninsula, whose terrain precluded sweeping armored advances. Clark had to fight equally frustrating vagaries of politics and strategy. Despite his bitter protest, many of his battle-seasoned troops were diverted after...
...will be the six new minicomputers that AT&T introduced last month. There is a growing conviction among industry watchers, however, that the company will not soon be able to compete successfully. In computers, for example, Wall Street experts generally believe that AT&T will be outstripped by the superior salesmanship of IBM and Digital Equipment. Says Jennifer Proga, an analyst at Shearson/American Express: "A T & T's sales force does not leave one inspired...