Word: chicago
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Harvard was able to win Kisin over after making accommodations for three University of Chicago Ph.D. students that he is supervising. The graduate students will become exchange scholars at Harvard for the remainder of their Ph.D. programs...
Kisin said he is excited to be coming to Harvard because Harvard’s math department has a strong tradition in number theory dating back to the 1960’s. But he added that he will miss the University of Chicago...
...Chicago is] maybe a little less formal, and you probably have more freedom here,” he said. “I think Harvard is the only place I would consider leaving...
...knew the Pistons fed off Laimbeer's antics, so go ahead Bill, be an a--hole. Daly saw that Rodman needed a father figure, so he mentored the troubled player, who would become one of the most prolific rebounders in hoops history. With Michael Jordan's Bulls emerging in Chicago during this period, Daly created the Jordan Rules, which were very simple: if number 23 flies soars the lane, knock him to the floor. Jordan and the Bulls would get their titles. But not before Daly's Pistons got theirs. (Check out TIME's cover story on Michael Jordan...
...mind of the millions of fans who fell in love with the '80s NBA, an era of great players (Bird, Magic, Michael, Isaiah, Barkley) and even greater rivalries, most of which involved Daly's Pistons. Sure, Boston-Los Angeles received the top billing, but the Boston-Detroit, Chicago-Detroit, and Los Angeles-Detroit playoff series are all classics. "I think Chuck understood people as well as basketball," Pistons great Joe Dumars once said. "It's a people business." Hoops lost a good one today, a pillar of the sport's last golden...