Word: chattanooga
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Adolph Ochs was very close to financial ruin when he set out to buy the New York Times, which was losing $1,000 a day. The newspaper Ochs already owned, in Chattanooga, Tenn., was almost underwater, and his personal debts were threatening to sink him and the large extended family he supported. His plan was to save the paper and himself by breaking into the big city market. With brilliant personal salesmanship and no little bit of financial finagling, he finally won the backing he needed. On Aug. 19, 1896, he announced on the front page of his newly acquired...
...Beat Northeast Louisiana 92-70 22. Clemson 5-1 Beat Charminade 72-60; Beat Kansas St. 79-45 23. St. John's 3-2 Lost to Stanford 55-53; Lost to Purdue 70-69 24. Miami (Ohio) 4-0 Beat Boston University 70-53 25. Tennessee 3-2 Beat Chattanooga...
Thanks largely to Chermayeff's passion and innovative eye, big-city aquariums are more popular than ever. His sparkling creations in Boston; Baltimore, Md.; Osaka; and Chattanooga, Tenn., have revitalized stagnant waterfronts and are pulling in huge crowds. The Genoa Aquarium, created with architect Renzo Piano, is Italy's fourth most popular tourist attraction and is drawing more visitors each year than the Uffizi...
However DeNunzio once again finished well, winning four straight matches against Pittsburgh, Ohio State, Tennessee- Chattanooga and Central Michigan wrestlers, earning himself a spot on the All-Tournament team...
...spotlight in the campaign-finance inquiry shifts this week to a $1 million payment that lobbyist and close Al Gore ally PETER KNIGHT received just weeks before he left his firm to manage the Clinton-Gore campaign last year. The source of the payment was Franklin Haney, a Chattanooga developer and longtime Gore supporter, who last year became involved in a controversial Washington building project called the Portals...