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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Members of the Harvard medical community responded with excitement to the news of the contract, which organizers won after completing a comprehensive 450-page application...
After the federal government awarded the contract, Joseph B. Martin, dean of HMS, started a fund for projects in women's health...
...Rather to be an occasional contributor as well (he will continue to anchor both the Evening News and the weekly 48 Hours). CBS has also pursued ABC's Chris Wallace, son of 60 Minutes pioneer Mike, though it now appears unlikely that ABC will let him out of his contract. Current CBS correspondents Bob Simon and Vicki Mabrey are also expected to join the team. (A notable candidate left out of the mix: Bryant Gumbel, whose magazine show, Public Eye, flopped last season.) Mike Wallace, Morley Safer and the other 60 Minutes vets will regularly appear on the new show...
Ever since Michael Jordan stripped Karl Malone of the basketball and raced off to his sixth championship title in June, fans have wondered whether Jordan would hit the hardwood for another season. But now, with NBA team owners and players locked in a bitter contract dispute, the question is whether anyone else will show up, either...
Unlike combatants in, say, a steel strike, neither party to the basketball dispute has much to lose by not settling quickly. Though they'll eventually have to give up part of their new four-year TV contract, worth $2.6 billion, most team owners have already made fortunes in other industries. Similarly, marquee hoopsters like Gary Payton can probably count on millions from endorsements whether they play or not. A court-appointed arbitrator will soon rule on whether 230 players with guaranteed contracts must be paid in spite of the lockout, and that could put pressure on the side that loses...