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...Exxon were shorn of all its foreign operations, it would still be the ninth or tenth largest U.S. industrial company-even though it gets only 16% of its oil production and 32% of its sales from the U.S. Orphaned from their corporate parent, Exxon's petrochemical operations, which produce materials that go into fertilizers, records, pantyhose and myriad other products, would rank about fifth among U.S. chemical companies. If Exxon merely transported oil, it would be the world's biggest shipping firm, with 155 tankers of its own and varying numbers under charter at sea. In finance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Exxon: Testing the International Tiger | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

Hillgarth said that employees participating will have to make up the time they miss on the job, but will only be required to pay one-tenth of the normal $460 one course rate. The balance of the cost will be paid for by the Faculty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arts and Sciences Employees May Take Courses for Credit | 2/7/1974 | See Source »

...United States has 41 ballistic-missile carrying submarines with over 600 missiles, and a fleet of over 400 long-range bombers. In the missile force alone, the United States has over 8000 separately targetable nuclear warheads. Ten years ago we had only one-tenth that number...

Author: By Jospeh Kruzel, | Title: Is Nuclear Strategy M.A.D.? | 2/6/1974 | See Source »

...name everything after Nature down there--the cross town rival was Fairfield, then there was Shade Valley--you get the picture), this classmate of mine named Charlie M. Christmas (yes, the M does indeed stand for Merry) became the local legend. Charlie moved to Birmingham at the beginning of tenth grade from what all my classmates called a hick town. Now the usual reaction would have been to ostracize old Charlie for his lack of cultcha, but there were mitigating factors. Charlie just happened to be the most amazing basketball player that had ever hit the South...

Author: By Dale S. Russakoff, | Title: Over Hill, Over Dale | 1/30/1974 | See Source »

...claim that Carolina ia the best in the South. In fact, with N.C. State, UNC, Maryland, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Western Kentucky, Jacksonville and Kentucky, I would claim Carolina is probably only fourth or fifth best below the Mason-Dixon line this year. But notice that that also qualifies as the tenth or twelveth best in the country...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: By Jiminy | 1/15/1974 | See Source »

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