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...fact, in the game's opening few minutes all the Crimson got was shell shocked...
Mitterrand's response came a few hours later at a rare televised press conference. The plan, he declared, would go forward. The state had spent $2.1 billion from 1981 to 1983 to cover deficits in the steel industry, and it would probably shell out an additional $1.3 billion this year alone. "Can we go on devoting subsidies to losing enterprises forever?" asked Mitterrand. The steel plan is part of an overall restructuring program designed to make France's heavy industry competitive by trimming excess capacity and modernizing production. The process could eliminate as many as 60,000 jobs...
...junior varsity race. Harvard had to compensate an opponent more than just slipping. At the halfway mark of the 2000-meter course the Washington eight, up by two seats, found its way into Harvard's lane forcing the Crimson shell off the course momentarily...
...that the economizing may hurt. In New York, Mondale's campaign chairman, William Hennessy admits he is under orders from national headquarters to hold down expenses for the crucial primary, now two weeks off. Since Hart has spent only $3.2 million so far, he is effectively free to shell out all the money he can collect. The cash is rolling in in the wake of his triumphs since New Hampshire. Advisers claim his finance committee took in nearly $1 million in pledges last Tuesday alone. Says Ronald Shelp, a Hart supporter who runs a New York consulting firm: "Three...
Despite the prominence and publicity given to Big Oil, the U.S. petroleum industry as a whole remains remarkably diverse. The four largest refiners (Socal, Exxon, Shell and Standard Oil of Indiana) control only about 29% of the market. By comparison, the four top companies in the typical manufacturing industry control an average of 40%. Says a top Federal Trade Commission official: "We could conceivably stop the merger, but it would take the clearest sort of signal from Congress before it would happen...