Word: founder
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...said only "cold" means had been used to disperse tear gas, and dismissed the notion that heat-producing devices had been deployed. Among those who made the denials was Danny Coulson, a senior official at the operations center in Washington at the time and founder of the FBI's hostage-rescue team (HRT). But shortly after once again denying the story to the Dallas paper, he heard that the Texas Rangers had taken a statement from an FBI employee saying that military rounds had indeed been deployed. Now retired, Coulson (whose book No Heroes: Inside the FBI's Secret Counter...
...that, of course, is good for movie fans. Mark Cuban, founder of Broadcast.Com, which was recently absorbed by Yahoo, predicts that the business of film on the Net will take off precisely because it offers content unavailable elsewhere. Broadcast.Com, which has signed a deal with ministudio Trimark to produce original films for the Net, has a library of some 13,000 hours of feature films, TV shows and documentaries. But Cuban says his company will take a bite directly out of distributors rather than the studios. "Blockbuster should be afraid," he says. "Not this year or next year, but three...
...senior class, which last year went for the apple-pie-and parenthood choice of Children Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman, this year picked a woman who has lately rarely escaped the spotlight of controversy...
...founder John Carlin's credentials are unconventional and upscale: a degree in comparative literature from Columbia University, a Ph.D. from Yale in the same subject, and a law degree from Columbia. After a stretch as an art curator, he moved into entertainment law but decided to change careers. He had an improbable dream: to create an AIDS charity album with pop stars singing Cole Porter songs. In 1990 the dream was realized when Red Hot + Blue was released, featuring such stars as David Byrne and U2. Carlin, 43, still can't believe he pulled it off: "That CD was inspired...
...Ninkovich, founder of Reunion Research, reminded me that at a reunion, we are participating in the ongoing story of our family. Bring scrapbooks, letters and photo albums to share, as well as old uniforms or artifacts used by ancestors. Take lots of pictures, and talk to everyone you can, especially those distant relations on the shady side of the family tree. At a minimum, you'll have something to gossip about later. But be on your best behavior, because they're sure to gossip about...