Word: fame
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...going it alone: I would rather have friends willing to tell me I am about to make a grave mistake than have rubber-stamp yes-men. Tom Faulkner San Diego An Unkind Cut I found it offensive that in your section of people who had "15 Minutes of Fame" in 2003 [Dec. 29-Jan. 5], you included mountaineer Aron Ralston, the climber who had been pinned by a boulder and freed himself by cutting off his arm. What Ralston did was courageous and necessary to save his life. Instead of having 15 minutes of fame, Ralston, I am sure, would...
DIED. ELROY (Crazylegs) HIRSCH, 80, Hall of Fame receiver for the Los Angeles Rams; in Madison, Wis. After three injury-plagued years with the Chicago Rockets, he became a star after the Rams switched him from running back to split end. During the team's 1951 championship season, he caught 10 touchdown passes...
...least one student managed to predict that Pinker’s fame would lead to overflow-level interest in The Human Mind—and tried to pre-register herself...
Beanpot Hall of Fame...
...lone bright spot on the evening for the Crimson came from Harvard hockey alum Bob Bland ’62, who was inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame. Bland, a Crimson goaltender from 1960 to 1962, was named the Tournament MVP in 1960 for helping the Crimson win the ‘pot. And with Bland as a backstop, Harvard won the hometown trophy again...