Word: agent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When that happened, you were playing Quinnipiac College. You need a new agent...
...inspirational stories go, this one is pretty good. Once upon a time--1989, to be exact--a pair of aspiring authors compiled a book of their favorite inspirational tales and poems. They grouped them according to topic and chose a catchy title. Then they hired a professional book agent to help them get their dream between hard covers. One major publisher after another turned them down cold, and after the 33rd rejection, their agent quit. Face it, they were told: "Parables don't sell." And that title! "Too nicey-nice." But the plucky authors soldiered on. Finally...
...Your job is to tell me what will make it workfor you, and my job is to make it happen if it isall within my power," he reportedly told afree-agent professor. "We are not in a negotiatingsituation here...
Senior safety Jeff Compas, a Second-Team All-Ivy pick, signed a free agent contract with the New England Patriots. He entered the Crimson record books with the second-most career interceptions, but the record of his that cannot be broken is being the first-ever freshman starter and first 40-game player...
After beginning work for Harvard in 1928 as publications agent, Bailey joined the administration as secretary of both boards in 1943. He worked under Presidents James B. Conant '14 and Nathan M. Pusey...