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Although oil companies only a few years ago were mailing out cards to anyone who asked, and even to many people who did not request them, they have become more restrictive in giving out cards during the past two years. Major companies like Exxon now grant only about half of all credit requests. One of the reasons is the problems they have with stolen or lost cards...
...salt canned goods. So has Stop & Shop in New England. McDonald's, which annually sells the public 700 million lbs. of hamburger and 542 million bushels of fries, has completed a study on the sodium content of Chicken McNuggets, Big Macs and French fries. Customers who request it may now have the information in the form of a booklet with sample menus. Example: Big Mac, French fries and milk...
Freshman Jon Ross neutralized Army "A"'a chief weapon, a 6 ft. 8 in, middle blocker. At Palm's request, Ross worried lessout power and concentrated on placement and arm-swing speed. As a result, Ross controlled the net and sent spikes to the court in front of diving Cadets...
Having come to Harvard 13 years ago, Ely took a year off six years ago to work as general counsel to the Department of Transportation, at the request of then-Secretary William Coleman, an old friend. In that capacity, he successfully argued in court that the controversial supreme jet, the Concorde, should be permitted to land in New York's Kennedy Airport on an experimental basis. Judge McGowan, who helped decide that case, recalls. He made one of the finest arguments I've ever heard." And then, of course, there's Democracy and Distrust--and the deanship...
Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci couldn't believe that it would cost $2500 to erect signs changing the name of Boylston St. to John F. Kennedy St. "They must want to make them out of gold," Vellucci said at last Monday's City Council meeting, postponing the funding request for a week. Vellucci said that before he would approve the $2500. "I'll make them [the signs] myself...