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...Harvard's most impressive victories came in the short distances. Freshman Shayne Mauricette won the 200 meter dash in 21.7 and set a school record (10.44) on his way to victory in the 100 meters...
Ovitz calls the consulting arrangement "a minuscule part of my business." A close financier friend says it's "light stuff for Michael. He should be able to dash off this kind of advice on the car phone while he's taking his son to the ball game." Perhaps, but a fee of, say, $30 million would in fact represent a very significant fraction of CAA's annual revenues...
...during the presidential campaign. "We all knew the budget had to come down," says retired Army Lieut. General Calvin Waller, an early Clinton supporter. "But I'd prefer the scalpel to the meat cleaver." Majors and lieutenant colonels who have served up to 15 years fear the cutbacks will dash their chances to earn a star. Up and down the ranks, all are peeved by Clinton's proposed government pay freeze. Last week the military took another hit when congressional negotiators agreed to cut the cost-of-living adjustments of only those federal retirees under...
Hollywood on a Saturday morning. The world's biggest box-office star is pulling his forest green GMC Typhoon out of a parking lot when four guys with clipboards dash toward him through the traffic. What would Dirty Harry do? Never mind. Clint Eastwood is not Dirty Harry. He stops, signs a few autographs and produces his patented tight-lipped smile as his supplicants bob their heads and murmur profuse thanks...
...yard or two from the toy, Newton would look all around, even up into the trees. He seemed genuinely baffled. Finally, I'd give up and head into the field to help him out. But no sooner would I get within 10 ft. of him than he would invariably dash straight over to the Frisbee, grab it and start running like mad, looking over his shoulder with what looked suspiciously like a grin...