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...expenses remained roughly the same as last year, when sales were slow, much of the increase in turnover spilled into profits. Among the 19 large oil companies, only two-Exxon and Occidental-showed slight second-quarter decreases. All the rest showed gains. The best performer by far was Amerada Hess, a big independent, whose second-quarter earnings rose 77% over the same period last year, to $51.9 million. Other outstanding performances: Atlantic Richfield (up 41%, to $191.2 million), Getty (up 21%, to $75.8 million), Union of California (up 41%, to $75.2 million) and California Standard (up 34%, to $277 million...
...Amerada Hess, Arco, Sohio, Exxon, Mobil, Phillips. Union and British Petroleum...
...enter anyone in the 880-yard run, so Sarah Robinson, Debbie Hess and Joan Hart had an easy time of it. Robinson won with a slow...
Ironically, because so few realms of food treatment escape the Hesses' criticism, The Taste of America may almost push the average American eater into the three-pills-day-nothing-more school just because after nearly 300 pages of expose with accompanying invective the invasion and triumph of junk food seems almost unsurmountable. And, after a time, boring. The book suffers on occasion from overexposure, or overexpose as the authors feel compelled to make a number of points over and over, ad nauseum, albeit with different examples. And, while their wit makes enjoyable reading, the sustained sharpness gives the book...
Nevertheless, both authors are experienced food critics (Mr. Hess for The New York Times until 1974, Ms. Hess as a freelancer), kitchen artists, and dedicated eaters, and in their round-up of the culinary business in America they've given us much food for thought--all of it spicy...