Word: though
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...THOUGH graduation is many months away, a select corps of college seniors has already completed its toughest course: three long, hard seasons on the gridiron. For most of the students, Jan. 28 will bring what amounts to the final exam. That is when the 26 teams that constitute the National Football League will meet to select their draft choices, and the pros are nothing if not thorough in casing the prospects. College records, glowing press clippings, gaudy trophies mean nothing in themselves. All that counts is a player's potential for prospering in the brutal world of pro football...
...best pro prospect." He has the speed to pull out and lead sweeps, and is a tower of strength in front of a passing quarterback. Holland is perhaps even quicker, a kind of souped-up tank who simply blows people out of the way on a running play. Though he is still developing, experts agree that he will have no trouble fitting into the pro line-up immediately...
...Ernie Ladd, Willie Davis, Buck Buchanan), Harris is the quickest of the bunch-as fast, coaches swear, as some of the team's running backs. "When he decides he's going in," says one scout, "that's it. You can't keep him out." Though Southern Cal's Smith missed six games this season because of injuries, he will not be overlooked by the pro recruiters. Rearing up like a grizzly, he is tall and rangy enough "to bat down passes like flies." He may need some seasoning, but the pros feel that he already...
...million investors lost an average of $3,645 each. The losses were even more severe for stocks on the American Stock Exchange and on the over-the-counter market. The latter came close to collapse for many days during the late spring. Since then, the stock market has rebounded, though many faded glamour stocks remain 70% below their highs of a few years ago. The Dow-Jones average closed last week at 823, far down from its alltime high of 995 in February...
...indicates that the President, prodded by Chief Economist Paul McCracken and Budget Boss George Shultz, has made a decision to go for speedy, job-creating growth. It remains to be seen whether John Connally, Nixon's surprise choice for Secretary of the Treasury, will alter the strategy. Though he has Texas populist roots, Connally is considered to be an economic conservative...