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When the small thrift ran into trouble during the inflationary climate of the mid-1970s, it was taken over by Denver businessman James Metz, who saw the sleepy S&L as the future flagship of a financial empire. He named himself chairman and hired Wise, an S&L marketing whiz from Columbia Savings in Kansas, to run the company. The nattily dressed Wise wasted no time in transforming Mile High's small-town image. He launched an ambitious expansion drive, unveiled plans for a glass-and-steel headquarters downtown, and renamed the company Silverado, evoking the dreams of prospectors...
...volunteered to recruit more female students and teach more courses at no extra cost if the trustees would permit Mills to remain an all-female enclave. Alumnae pledged to raise an additional $10 million in endowment over the next five years. In response to the pressure, Mills president Mary Metz announced that the trustees might reconsider their decision if faculty, staff and students came up with bolder proposals to bolster the school's finances...
...know how fast we are," coxswain Travis Metz said. "We know now that we can match beats with them. This will give us one more reason to look forward to Sprints...
While the Crimson tried to recover, both Penn and Navy rowed past and Metz seeing that the race was effectively over, ordered the crew to paddle across the finish line...
...Anybody who knows the sport knows that it can happen to anyone," Metz explained. "It doesn't hurt us that badly. We rowed aggressively and Penn knows that we'll be right there at the Sprints. Peter shouldn't be discouraged, we need him to go fast...