Word: holderness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Golub's heir apparent and the architect of the company's comeback in cards. "But we are very much in the game, which is a very different situation from three or four years ago." Chenault still winces at the memory of a focus group back then, when the holder of a rival card that earned free airline miles declared, "I want to go with you guys, but you guys are so stupid that you're not offering this product...
...Beastie Boys interviews him in Rome for Rolling Stone. In the past few years he has opened 11 Offices of Tibet, everywhere from Canberra to Moscow, and last year alone provided prefaces and forewords for roughly 30 books. The 14th Dalai Lama is surely the only Ocean of Wisdom, Holder of the White Lotus and Protector of the Land of Snows to serve as guest editor of French Vogue...
...market is going to go up and up." So far, he's been right. He bought big, but he also bought big names. Alwaleed told TIME that he now owns about 5% of News Corp., the global media conglomerate run by Rupert Murdoch, making him the second largest individual holder, behind Murdoch. Alwaleed also bought some 5% of Web-browser maker Netscape Communications, and a chunk of chip and cell-phone maker Motorola. The fourth finalist, another well-known American company, according to the prince, is still being bought...
However, Giampaolo almost did not get the opportunity to win the game. On what would prove to be his final field goal attempt, sophomore Nathan Dean snapped the ball too high. The holder, senior Jared Chupaila, was forced to reach out for the ball, and then quickly place it down upon the turf for Giampaolo to knock it through the uprights...
...think God just helped me and put it through," Giampaolo said. "When I saw it was a high snap, I held off a little bit and hoped [senior holder Jared Chupaila would] put it down in time for my leg to be there in the right position...