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...give Houstonians something to talk about besides oil and the Oilers. After a fast start, the Astros slumped at midseason when a stroke disabled their best pitcher, J. R. Richard. Fireballer Nolan Ryan faltered in Richard's slot, but Veteran Joe Niekro and a spot starter named Vern Ruhle, 29, rose to the occasion. The man who really sparked Houston's comeback was Joe Morgan, the team's feisty second baseman. Morgan delivered a stirring locker-room lecture to his demoralized teammates one losing Thursday. They went out and won ten games...
...legally vulnerable. In Delaware, where Chrysler is registered as a corporation, the law requires directors to have "undivided loyalty to the corporation." Chairman Lee Iacocca has pointedly stated that Fraser will be joining the board as an individual and not as a U.A.W. representative. But Harvard Law Professor Vern Countryman warns: "If certain Chrysler stockholders wanted to raise the point, they could create some trouble." As of week's end there were no indications that the point would be raised...
...professors who signed the petition, David F. Cavers, Fessenden Professor of Law Emeritus, and Vern Countryman, Royall Professor of Law, said they want the letter to encourage Carter, rather than challenging his actions...
...Mickey Mantle 53)Dick Sisler 54)Moe Drabowsky 55)Frank Duffy and Vern Geishert 56)Roger Nelson and Richie Scheinblum 57)Tommy Hutton 58)Charlie Williams 59)Matty Alou and George Brunet 60)Darold Knowles 61)Willie Horton 62)The Los Angeles Dodgers 63)The New York Mets 64)The Pittsburgh Pirates...
...Vern Countryman, professor of Law and a member of the National Committee on Repressive Legislation, said yesterday the bill "infringes upon citizens' rights to know what the government is doing, and to form views on government activity...