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Much of NBC's early DNA can be found in its current programming. Its Sunday-morning stalwart Meet the Press was originally a radio program when it was founded in 1947. The Today Show was launched on TV in 1952, followed by The Tonight Show in 1954. But by the 1970s, many of NBC's other TV offerings had foundered: local affiliates were defecting to competitors CBS and ABC, which were proving deft at luring away younger audiences. The company was bought - again - by General Electric in 1986; the new owners quickly shed NBC's remaining radio operations in part...
When the admissions office slashed its travel budget in half to meet mandatory cuts last spring, Worth said that she feared international travel would not be possible this year...
...hard to know if countries will meet these goals. Yesterday, European NATO ministers met in Brussels to discuss the surge and whether they can be counted on to add to the 42,000 NATO troops already in Afghanistan. Rome is reportedly ready to commit 1,000 more troops in addition to the 2,750 that already there, the largest increase pledged since Obama announced the surge. Gordon Brown pledged another 500 to bring the British tally up to 9,500, the biggest commitment after America’s. Warsaw will increase its contingent from...
...defending national champion Penn State in a 14-13 squeaker—Harvard improved it record to 7-0 with its win over Tufts. Crimson coach Peter Brand has called his team’s performance this year “terrific” and yesterday’s meet against Tufts was no exception. In what Brand called “a rout in every respect,” the Harvard sabre and foil squads both went undefeated, going 9-0. The epee squad also had a strong performance, going...
...impressive was the fact that Brand sat some of his best fencers to allow fencers further down on the depth chart to get a chance to perform. Vloka and Mills, who both medaled at Garrett Penn State Open to begin the season, were among those who sat out the meet this week. But Volka and Mills, who were suited up for the meet, were still on hand to lend their teammates support...