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Confronted with the choice between a full-ride athletic scholarship at perennial national title-contender Nebraska and Division I-AA, non-playoff-attending Harvard, Copple decided that he ought to get more out of college than gridiron glory.
Those in the know place her as a key contender, despite her not having that essential ingredient: her own TV show. "The next Martha? Who knows. Not impossible," says Ruth Reichl, the editor in chief of Gourmet magazine. "She's the only one who is a cook, a stylist and...
Over at Miramax, which touted Cold Mountain as its main Oscar contender this year, company co-chairman Harvey Weinstein told several news outlets that his movie’s late release date was the reason for its being passed over in the Picture, Director, Actress, and Screenplay categories. �...
Several sources pointed to Robert D. Reischauer ’63—one of seven members of the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body—as a contender. Reischauer, who was the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1989 to 1995, would bring...
For decades, African-American voters have rallied behind one clear Democratic contender in the primary season: Jackson, then Clinton and then Al Gore. This time, though, the vote looks as if it may be scattered across the pack. "There is no messiah among them," says the Rev. Joseph Darby, pastor...