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Most people who lose their job receive a final bonus based on the length of time they have been employed. For some this severance pay permits a more comfortable retirement. In the case of Revlon Chairman Michel Bergerac, 53, losing a job was probably the best financial deal he ever made. Last week Bergerac resigned as chairman after Pantry Pride won a three-month fight to control the company. He and eight Revlon board members had agreed to step down to allow for a trouble-free transition to the new owners. Under an agreement worked out with Revlon's board...
Initially, however, the Tigers lived up to their billing. Princeton jumped out of the start with a half-boat-length lead, holding four seats over the Crimson in the race’s opening strokes. But Harvard didn’t panic, and by the time the Crimson settled into its base cadence, Princeton saw its early advantage start to slip away...
Harvard finished in 5:48.2—the team’s fastest time at Princeton since 1995—and Princeton crossed the line with a time of 5:54.6. Over a boat-length of open water separated the two crews. MIT finished a very distant third...
...Harvard fell down by four seats through the first 500 meters, outpaced by a strong Dartmouth crew. But the Crimson relied on patience through the 500-meter mark to pull even and then ahead of the Big Green. By 1,500 meters down, the Crimson had made up a length on Dartmouth, going from four seats down to four seats up over the second-place Big Green...
...Crimson finished almost a boat length ahead of Dartmouth, using an effective move in the final 500 meters to gain nearly four more seats in the choppy waters of a brisk tailwind. Harvard crossed in a time of 6:05.6, and Dartmouth followed in 6:07.6. Third-place MIT finished...