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...first rank. And yet, on Saturday the Crimson reminded us that on the basketball court, as, we like to think, in life, anything is possible.... In the second half, the Cardinal crept within striking distance as Harvard missed shots and committed costly turnovers. Stanford even managed to grab the lead by three with 3:58 to play. It was then, with the crowd of more than 5,000 standing and screaming for victory, with Harvard Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith looking worried on the sidelines, with viewers around the nation expecting what was only logical to expect--that the favorite would...
Then, on January 31, with 36 points against Yale at Lavietes Pavilion, Feaster became just the second Ivy League basketball player ever to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds in a career. The first was Bill Bradley (Princeton'65), the NBA Hall of Famer and former U.S. Senator...
This could be the golden age of business travel, especially for those who are rolling up bonus travel miles. Airlines, hotels and credit-card companies are trying to outdo one another in their quest to grab a bigger share of the 57 million people in the U.S. who belong to bonus-reward programs. These business travelers ring up a staggering 500 billion points and miles annually--more than the airlines, rental-car companies and hotel chains can accommodate without cutting off their paying customers. Hotel rooms and airline seats are increasingly--and exasperatingly--scarce during peak travel times, which makes...
...beyond that, they didn't. Even as a Republican, he denounced Gingrich's Contract with America, throwing it across the stage. Sent the crowd wild. Like in the early years, he would do wild things, like challenging Ronald Reagan to a duel in the streets. He knew how to grab the imagination of the people! And that's just one of the many reasons I truly respected...
...Studies Center in New York City: "Every 15-minute block in which they attract more viewers than the other stations is a bigger sell to advertisers, a bigger pitch and a lead-in to their next newscast at 4 o'clock or 5 o'clock. They're trying to grab and hold on to the channel surfer." And, she adds, "if you're a television station and don't have a helicopter ready to go, you're not in the game...