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Carson came to see Leno perform at the Improvisation in 1975 and gave him one piece of advice: more jokes. He had already appeared on the Merv Griffin and Mike Douglas shows when he got his first shot on the Tonight show: "March 2, 1977. Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross. I was last." He had enough jokes this time, and Carson invited him back. But over the next half a dozen appearances he got worse, not better. He was running out of material...
Harvard held Princeton's All-Ivy forward Corneille Burt, who normally average 15 points, to a meager 10 points...
Although a superb player, Burt is much better going to her left. Harvard forced her right--and forced her out of her game. Burt attempted only four shots from the field in the second half and missed three of them...
Princeton Co-Captain Corneille Burt, touted as one of the league's best forwards, leads the Tigers with 15.3 points and six rebounds per game. Meanwhile, Co-Captain Leah Sprargen is steady in her role as point guard, contributing 9.3 points per game...
Overseeing the entire network is Johnson, the former publisher of the Los Angeles Times who was installed by Ted Turner as CNN's third president in August 1990. Much of Johnson's impact at CNN comes from the contrast he provides to the man he replaced: Burt Reinhardt, a respected, budget-conscious but rather aloof news executive. Johnson, 50, is an affable Georgia native with a Rolodex full of political contacts, dating from his years as an aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson. He has taken a hands-on approach to CNN in more ways than one. During the gulf...