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...become more risky. “Students are a little hesitant to pursue a career in a market that’s crashing,” Seybould said. “There’s still that stigma that financial services companies are volatile.” Aaron S. Byrd ’05, a tutor in Dunster House who has spent his three years after graduation as an investment banker, said that many students now question the stability of finance as a career choice. “No longer are there these big bastions of finance who have been...
...Eight games against nationally ranked opponents. Three five-game weekends. Two overtime thrillers. After all was said and done, the Crimson emerged with a solid display of depth, as veterans and newcomers alike combined to lead Harvard to its best finish under head coach Erik Farrar. Co-captains Michael Byrd and Chris Ludwick provided the experience to carry the young squad through its taxing schedule, while the exuberance of youth propelled the Crimson to unexpected highlights. Sophomores Spencer Livingston and Egen Atkinson each had breakout seasons, scoring 48 and 20 goals, respectively. Livingston lived up to the potential he showed...
...Celebrity politicians have often had a hard time winning Senate popularity contests. West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, for example, wrested Ted Kennedy's No. 2 slot from him in 1971 in part because of Kennedy's fame. "Byrd shocked everyone by defeating Kennedy," said Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia. "Why? Other Democratic senators saw Kennedy as a national figure who would use the Senate post as a platform for his own ambitions, while Byrd was viewed as a Senate-based persona who would spend his time and energies making senators' lives work well. Nothing...
...Byrd had such strong credentials in the Senate that six years later he beat party celebrity Hubert Humphrey, former vice president under Lyndon Johnson and 1968 Democratic presidential nominee, to become Senate Majority Leader in 1977. Byrd did so after running for President himself the year before, but he ran only in his home state, and acknowledged at the time that he was more interested in leading the Senate than the country. Aside from Byrd, the longest serving senator in office, no other former Democratic candidate in recent history has won a leadership role in the Senate...
...original version of this article incorrectly reported that Robert Byrd became Senate Minority Leader in 1977. In fact, he became Senate Majority Leader that year...