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...names are disappearing from the roster of prominent corporations. U.S. Steel said last week that since oil production, real estate and other operations now account for 70% of its sales, the firm would drop the word steel from its name. After considering more than 200 possibilities, including Amcor and USSA, the company decided to call itself USX because its symbol on the New York Stock Exchange is X. In London, BL, the financially struggling government-controlled auto group formerly known as British Leyland, said it hopes to spruce up its image by renaming itself the Rover Group...
COPUS and USSA, the two nationwide student sponsoring organizations, also pursued widely varying strategies. While COPUS arranged meetings with congressmen, USSA members formed "human billboards" in streets around Capitol Hill and staged a rally on the Capitol steps Monday evening that about 5000 students attended...
...students who lobbied in Washington at the beginning of the week--under the auspices of groups like the United States Student Association (USSA) and the Coalition of Private College and University Students (COPUS)--pursued a less-directed strategy, using every available weapons to sway as many Congressman as possible to vote against the proposed budget...
Having vowed to win the battle or be brought home on their skis, Harvard ski nomads Peter Carter and Ben Steele are finding out the price of being kamikazes in their attempt to crack the big time in the USSA Western Spring series...
Because of the level of competition-all the members of the U.S. Olympic team, the USSA A and B teams and talent squads, as well as the regional champions like Steele and Carter-even the best efforts of the Harvard pair have been frustrating, because they have so far been unable to put together two runs at their absolute best...