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...post for the year to become interim athletic director, leaving head bench duties to trusted assistant Stan Moore. Then, prized recruit Justin Anderson left school in late September because of homesickness. On top of that, the university announced last week that it will begin offering athletic scholarships. Amid the hubbub, it’s amazing Moore has kept his guys coming to the rink everyday. But not only has he done that, he’s led them to a solid start. The Raiders are 1-1-1, with a big home-opener win over Ferris State, an NCAA tournament...
Harvard’s uber-talented varsity must exercise caution, though, amid bad omens. As in its last two openers, the Crimson is ranked nationally (No. 9). And, as in its last two openers, Brown...
With the Princeton offense putting up big play after big play, chewing up over a third of a mile in total offense, Everett was the calm amid a storm of scoring. He seemed to will his way towards the ball and the ball carrier at the most crucial points of the game...
Splendor is not too strong a word for what Gehry has brought to downtown Los Angeles. But for a long time, trouble was an appropriate word too. "We went through hell," says Gehry, sitting amid the huge bustle of his office in a converted warehouse in Santa Monica. "But in the end, we made it work." That's putting it mildly on both counts. The Disney Hall may be one of the most anguished creative triumphs since the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. But now that it's here, it can be counted on to reverberate not just through...
Outrage about executive salaries is missing a couple of decimals in Europe. In September New York Stock Exchange boss Dick Grasso resigned amid a backlash over his $188 million deferred-compensation package. Around the same time, the chairman of the world's third largest food retailer, scandal-tainted Netherlands-based Royal Ahold (whose U.S. chains include Giant Food and Stop & Shop), stepped down following national outrage over his failure to inform investors of the two-year, $6.8 million contract he gave new CEO Anders Moberg. The French government pressured Pierre Bilger, the ex-CEO of engineering giant Alstom, into returning...