Word: longingly
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...production and at sea, unburned fuel, spent lubricants, and a significant hydrocarbon contribution from the land [municipal wastes] contribute about 10 million tons of oil to the world's oceans each year." According to Blumer, the immediate effects of oil spills-dead fish and birds-are followed by long-term damage to marine ecology. "Compared to the size of the accidents," he said grimly, "the present countermeasures against oil in the oceans are inadequate...
THOUGH graduation is many months away, a select corps of college seniors has already completed its toughest course: three long, hard seasons on the gridiron. For most of the students, Jan. 28 will bring what amounts to the final exam. That is when the 26 teams that constitute the National Football League will meet to select their draft choices, and the pros are nothing if not thorough in casing the prospects. College records, glowing press clippings, gaudy trophies mean nothing in themselves. All that counts is a player's potential for prospering in the brutal world of pro football...
...York Giants' Fran Tarkenton, Manning can pick out a receiver in a crowd of defenders and hit him with a pinpoint pass. He has the height to see over mountainous linemen and the speed (10.2 sec. for the 100-yd. dash) to turn the ends for long gainers. Beyond that, he possesses that rare quality that marks all great quarterbacks: the instinct to call the right play at the right time...
...Texas, 6 ft., 210 lbs. Brockington, a pile-driving plunger who "picks up three yards when the hole isn't there," as one pro scout was overheard to remark, set an O.S.U. record this season with 1,040 yds. gained. Ranked as one of the best of a long line of classic Buckeye fullbacks, he is also an effective receiver on swing patterns and has great breakaway speed. In fact, he is also used on some kickoff returns. Worster is nicknamed King Kong, and the pros understand why: "He runs like a four-hundred-pound gorilla-crooked but with...
Biggest Collapse. The second shattering event of 1970 was the biggest collapse in U.S. corporate history. On June 21 the Penn Central Transportation Co., owner of the nation's largest railroad, went bankrupt. The Penn Central had long been a victim of mismanagement and executive infighting, but it was pushed right off the tracks by its inability to refinance $152 million of its commercial paper. Such paper is a form of unsecured, short-term IOU. When money became difficult to borrow from banks, scores of corporations issued commercial paper to raise funds. Because such securities are usually bought...