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Unable to catch the Tigers, the Crimson’s oarsmen focused on fending off the Lions’ push, but to no avail...
...competition, but we can't compete with the bigger credit unions that don't pay taxes," says Harley Bergmeyer, 61, chairman of Saline State Bank in Wilber, Neb., a rural institution with $81 million in assets. Banks have periodically filed lawsuits to prevent credit unions from expanding, to little avail, and have tried to stymie the loosening of federal restrictions on membership rules (also with scant success...
Compounding the problem is that the novelty of the “embeds,” as they are called, has not yet worn off. News anchors feel compelled to constantly avail themselves of this new resource, which distracts them from a broader analysis of the conflict and its implications. When they do try to analyze the war, they tend to turn to their retired American military experts to digest and then regurgitate reports from the field. These generals have close personal and professional ties to the current war planners, and inevitably they too find it difficult to take...
...avail. At which point enters legendary press agent Harry Reichenbach, master of old-fashioned ballyhoo (he had once faked a star's kidnapping to promote a film). Reichenbach was managing the Colony Theater in New York City, and he advised Disney to appeal directly to the public. Give me your little movie for a two-week run, he told Disney, and I'll give you $1,000 and make your mouse famous. The producer was dubious but desperate to make payroll--and he made the deal...
Kansas State called a timeout to regroup, but to no avail as it abruptly ended its next possession with a turnover...