Word: optionals
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...book's end, the war is over for the Mazalaigues: badly wounded Pierre is back home; ambitious Amelie has taken an option on an even bigger cafe in Montmartre. Their daughter is growing into a beauty, and Author Troyat has enough sympathetic characters to carry him through at least a dozen more novels. Troyat, in this volume, is writing of Frenchmen who were still supremely confident of the future; reading it is a little like watching an unsuspecting man walk into a pleasant field sown with land mines...
...underdog Irish knew that this was the one to win. All through three quarters the hopped-up Irish line hammered at Coach Bud Wilkinson's well-drilled Sooners. For all their consummate fakery, none of Oklahoma's quarterbacks could shake loose on their famed run-pass option play. The lean, long-muscled Oklahomans who had never played on a losing team were hard put to hold the game to a scoreless tie. And in the fourth quarter, they could no longer do that. Notre Dame Fullback Nick Pietrosante shared with Halfback Pat Doyle the joy of bulling...
...American Express cash in on the potentially rich market for foreign-car rentals, but the deal also calls for it to invest in Hertz Corp. so that it can participate in domestic profits. Express is buying 25,000 Hertz Corp. common shares at the current market price, has an option to buy 75,000 more over the next four years for no less than 42-7/8 or no more than 60g each. Says American Express President Ralph Reed; "The thing that attracted us was Hertz's dramatic growth. Those people are aggressive, and they are moving fast...
...second division team to score against its tough Eli counterparts yesterday, as the Green tied Timothy Dwight in the closing minutes of a tight 6 to 6 game. Fullback Mike Seoberts' 25-yard pass to John Hagen set up the touchdown and quarterback Pete McKay scored it on an option play, from the five-yard line...
Kirkland whitewashed Adams yesterday 12 to 0 to insure itself of a second place finish. Halfback Gus Winston scored both touchdowns, running 50 yards with an intercepted pass a few moments after crossing the goal line on a 20 yard option play...