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...World Marbles Champions. For twelve straight years, the Terribles had won the colors. This year, however, the very honor of England was at stake. Among the 15 challengers scheduled to appear at Tinsley Green, a hamlet (pop. 150) just 28 miles south of London, was a band of upstart colonials from Chicago...
Reciprocal Deals. The Administration's decision to press court action was in part a response to pressure from the established leaders of American business, many of whom have called for Government help to put down the upstart conglomerates. Worries about conglomerates have been especially strong among executives of the generally conservative and slow-moving steel industry. Quite a few have sought to make their companies less vulnerable to takeover by revamping accounting procedures to increase reported earnings...
...largest-and by any measure its proudest -glass manufacturer, was fighting for its corporate life. Still more astonishing, it was battling against an American-style takeover attempt by a much smaller competitor, Boussois Souchon Neuvesel. Last week the great glass battle ended with Saint-Gobain overpowering the upstart by sheer financial force...
When the National Hockey League created a new division made up of six expansion teams last season, cynical fans talked of the "dogmeat wing" or the "humpty loop." The derisive epithets disappeared when the upstart St. Louis Blues won the West Division playoffs, then forced the vaunted Montreal Canadiens into two overtime games before losing the Stanley Cup. St. Louis rooters can document to the day the start of their team's surge. It was the moment the Blues first...
...repulsive upset of the Baltimore Colts by the upstart New York Jets was an affront to all that is logical and decent in the world of sports. Where are the days of Vince Lombardi when the press couldn't come into the locker room until the Packers had prayed? Please, Vince come back. Don't let those long haired troublemakers take over America...