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...fisherman's Congressman," he sponsored the bill that extends exclusive U. S. fishing rights to 200 miles off the coast Thus Massachusetts seamen no longer have to compete with better-equipped foreign trawlers for the dwindling supply of flounder, cod and haddock. Appropriately, Studds boarded the buoy tender Bittersweet for the annual blessing of the fishing fleet off New Bedford-and also to remind his audience that he had cleared the waters for them...
...takeover battle now going on is the struggle for control of Babcock & Wilcox, New York-based maker of steam-generating equipment and builder of nuclear power plants (estimated 1977 sales: $1.8 billion). Early in 1977, when the company's shares were selling for $35, Babcock management rejected a tender offer from United Technologies Corp. of $42 a share for all its stock; opposition continued when the offer was raised to $48. Last week Babcock accepted a bid from J. Ray McDermott & Co., a New Orleans-based firm best known for its production of oil-drilling rigs...
Traditionally, of course, the maker of a tender offer raises the price if his first attempt is balked. But two weeks ago, Anderson, Clayton & Co., a big food processor, became the first to try the opposite tack: it lowered its offer for Gerber Products Co., the baby-food maker, to $37 a share from an initial $40. The aim apparently was to prompt shareholders of the target company to bring pressure on management to accept the original offer. Two lawsuits have already been filed on behalf of Gerber stockholders, seeking damages from Gerber management for resisting...
Playing Mudbone, the levee-tender, or Oilwell, the "dangerous nigger" who fights the cops, he lets the humor build up gradually as the audience understands the character he is impersonating-or is possessed by. "What Lily and I do transcends stand-up comedy crap," he boasts. "We make it theater. We involve the audience in truth because everything we do is real. Both of us are possessed when we are onstage. Yes, man, I'm talking literally. Possession...
Suddenly, vegetables are "in." Chefs in fashionable restaurants across the country and cooks at home are featuring glowingly fresh vegetables cooked to firm but tender brightness...