Word: careers
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Cornell senior Deon Harris continued the milestone day with a career-high 143 yards rushing. Harris is off to a hot start with 256 yards rushing on 51 carries in the opening two weeks...
...Elizabeth Taylor, then to Connie Stevens. When he left Reynolds for Taylor, it was a national scandal; when Liz left him for Richard Burton, it was an international ruckus. Yet Fisher, now on his fourth marriage, never left the mating game. "Until my marriage to Elizabeth, my singing career was more important than the pursuit of romance. But after that, women became my addiction," he admits. Like any addiction, it ended up tearing Fisher down. His book is a cautionary tale about life in the fast lane; he goes from the top of the heap, hobnobbing with Presidents...
Your article seems to make "risk takers" the modern equivalent of Greek heroes [ADVENTURE, Sept. 6]. But such enthusiasm is an assault on the legions of young Americans striving to build a family and career based on something deeper and more enduring than a dopamine surge of pleasure. The risk takers represent a fringe of our society, and while interesting to a point, they are hardly the leaders of a movement. SEAN P. MAZER New York City...
DIED. HARRY CRANE, 85, stand-up comedian turned screenwriter and co-creator of The Honeymooners; in Los Angeles. In a 50-year career, Crane made jokes for the Marx Brothers, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and others, including Robert F. Kennedy...
...qualify for the Gates Millennium Scholars Program, applicants must maintain a 3.3 grade-point average, write a 500-word essay explaining their career goals and demonstrate economic need. Once selected, students will receive annual funding through graduate school as long as they maintain a cumulative 3.0 grade-point average...