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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wilford showed off more than his arm during the game, rushing for the Crimson's final touchdown midway through the third quarter. Off an option left, he faked the pitch to senior running back Chris Menick, which froze linebacker Patrick Colgan, allowing him to dart into the end zone...
...many attendees said Hawking's sheer presence left more of an impression than the scientific intricacies he described...
ALBERT EINSTEIN The ultimate test of the impact of an individual or a group of individuals is twofold: whether the world they left is qualitatively different from that which they inherited, and what contribution they made to that change. By this standard, the seminal event of the 20th century is the scientific revolution. Einstein's theories of relativity, followed by discoveries by other scientists in the field of quantum mechanics, toppled the existing view of the universe and opened the way to discoveries that eclipse all previous scientific achievements of recorded history...
...Oracle, one of the Valley's blue-chip firms. Two years later, he quit to take a job at a hot start-up called CrossWorlds Software. Had he stayed at Oracle, "I would have made a lot of money. Not multimillions, but not pocket change either." Kaushik left CrossWorlds after a year--the company has yet to have its IPO--to start his own dot.com with three friends. "I thought starting my own company would complete my contribution to the world and my profession," he says. But after three months of trying to raise funds, Kaushik gave up. "I needed...
...That left the three of us on board--David Lytle, Tim Chambers and me. We knew we had to get in the water or we'd get sucked under with the boat. To be honest, I was scared to death. We had life jackets on and life rings, but the life rings took off when we jumped, about 15 ft. into the water from the port side. We grabbed a broomstick to stay together and tried to paddle toward the raft, which was 300 yds. away. It was obvious that wouldn't work, and we knew we had to conserve...