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...once did a yearlong stint as a stand-up comic, thinks that he has the answer: Jewish humor is born of depression and alienation from the general culture. For Jewish comedians, he told the recent annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, "comedy is a defense mechanism to ward off the aggression and hostility of others...
...sank 28 wildcat wells there and struck oil in 14, a feat about equal to a baseball player hitting .425. Mobil has the most important nonenergy businesses of all the Seven; in 1976 it completed a 100% takeover of Marcor, parent of Container Corp. of America and Montgomery Ward. Last year these subsidiaries earned $175 million, or 17.5% of Mobil's profits...
...often, left promoters and sponsors with literally empty nets. Without top tennis names in the tourneys, gate sales slump and sponsors disappear. Late withdrawals to rest or to nurse phantom injuries-only to have fallen heroes turn up at an exhibition in Puerto Rico, not an orthopedic ward-have become common. As a result, corporations once eager to hitch their brand names to the tennis bandwagon have begun to have second thoughts. American Airlines sponsored a G.P. tournament for five years, putting up $225,000 in prize money and another $50,000 in promotion. But the absence of big-name...
...airport. He took flying lessons from Elmer Page, a local instructor, and in 1939 joined him and three other men to form Page Airways, which operated a flying school and charter service. It began with two Piper Cubs, a Waco biplane and a desk borrowed from a Democratic ward office...
...trucks. Housing starts have run at an annual rate of 2 million or more in April, May and June. Some retail sales have softened in the last couple of months, but the large chains are reporting strong gains so far this year: Sears, Roebuck is up 13%, Montgomery Ward 14% and K-Mart...