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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...with 12 older and much taller brothers, Mary Lillian Ellison wasn't considered the strong one. All that changed nearly 60 years ago, when she took her first step into the ring. At the time, women had a minimal presence in wrestling, but Ellison's signature flying drop-kicks and hair-pulling body slams quickly earned her a loyal fan base. Shortly after she started wrestling, a promoter nicknamed Ellison the "Fabulous Moolah" for her stated ambition in life: money. In 1956, she won the World Women's Championship. Twenty-eight years later she was defeated, but she regained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 19, 2007 | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...receiver wearing number 19, catching passes and making plays all over the field. I later learned his name was Carl Morris and he turned out to be arguably the greatest wideout in school history. The second thing I can recall is a conversation about whether or not I could kick an extra point. I was 14 and uncoordinated, but I thought I could do it. My dad thought I could manage the distance but not the height. It was pertinent because the Harvard kicker was awful that day, as the Crimson lost the game, 36-35. It also lost...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: This is Golden Age of Football | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...Middleton knew that sex sells, and he filled his plays with it: sometimes nasty, often funny, and always about who comes out on top. Taking advantage of Middleton's raging literary libido, Taylor is promoting the book with a lecture tour on sex in Middleton's plays - he'll kick things off at the Nov. 21 book launch at Shakespeare's Globe theater in London, a working replica of the theater where several Shakespeare and Middleton works were originally performed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thomas Middleton: For Adults Only | 11/7/2007 | See Source »

...response? “We did a George Clooney contest for the best picture of him,” Coen said. Yesterday evening, Coen, who said she was suffering from a cold, did not mention specific plans for the future apart from her intention to “kick the superbug.” “My ideal future would be having an editing job and writing when I feel like writing,” she said. Despite the number of law students in the audience, the discussion barely touched upon legal issues. “Gawker...

Author: By Michal Labik, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gawker Editor Dishes at HLS | 11/7/2007 | See Source »

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