Word: shellful
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Harvard lightweight crew gave indications of things to come by sweeping to impressive wins in both the four and eight-oared shell competitions to highlight the sixth annual Head of the Charles Regatta on Sunday...
...interest in keeping that oil flowing is not only strategic. The Middle East reserves are controlled by seven companies, known to oilmen as "the Seven Sisters." Five of them are American-owned: Jersey Standard, Mobil, Texaco, Gulf and Standard of California. (The other two are British Petroleum and Shell.) U.S. companies produce 100% of Saudi Arabia's oil, 75% of Libya's, 50% of Kuwait's, 40% of Iran's and 25% of Iraq's. The companies' investments are calculated to be $2.2 billion in book value alone. A more realistic assessment of their...
...Harvard varsity lightweight boat which roared through its season unbeaten, won the Sprint title by more than two lengths, and voted to apply to the varsity race at the I. R. A. was turned down, since by the I. R. A. standards, it was not the top-ranking shell at its college...
...hand so severely before the Stein Cup race last April that he was a questionable starter, Parker allegedly told his crew that he would seriously consider forfeiting the regatta, one the Crimson was sure to win easily, if the oarsmen could not compete. He was that concerned about the shell staying together as a unit...
...Shell, Esso, Chevron and Amoco make ambitious claims. Esso's Big Plus is touted as "the lowest-lead, highest-octane gasoline for the money," and Chevron boasts that its F-310 fuel will "reduce fuel consumption, improve performance and cut maintenance." Ethyl Corp., which pioneered the use of lead compound additives for autos in 1923 and saw its stock jump in the 1950s when Detroit moved to high-compression engines, contends that by taking the lead out of gasoline, oil companies will actually increase other forms of noxious automobile emissions...