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...general, mellifluous names tend to have passive or negative meanings, and the macho names tend to sound like sharp, short yelps (Bart, Kent, Mac, Matt, Bill, Nate). Despite Bogart, Humphrey retains its depressing image ("terribly unpopular, sedentary"), but Sophia Loren has influenced her first name, which now means "a bombshell." Gina, Brian and Douglas are among the most dynamic and positive names...
Founded by Chicago Entrepreneur Nate Sherman, Midas long thrived as the number of its franchised dealers increased steadily over the years. But after Nate's son Gordon took over in 1967, a father-son conflict arose. Gordon was a University of Chicago intellectual and partial to Elizabethan English and the raising of orchids and hummingbirds. He favored a relaxed style of management that did not sit well with dad. Several dealers quit, and the internal strife began to show up in leaner profits. After a proxy fight, Sherman Sr. in 1972 sold his controlling interest to IC Industries. When...
Harvard kept hitting and got the lead down to four with about five minutes to play. Then forward Nate Davis tried to slam-dunk the ball on a fast break, only to have Rogers get in his way in an attempt to draw a charging foul. Davis hit the dunk, and Rogers was charged with a flagrant foul. Both free throws were good, and The Crimson was never close after that...
...Melting Pot Fondue for Nate Glazer...
Sure losers. That is what the Golden State Warriors appeared to be when they reported to training camp last fall. In a preseason shakeup, the Warrior front office had traded Center Nate Thurmond to Chicago, sent Rebounder Clyde Lee to Atlanta, and lost Cazzie Russell to Los Angeles after the streak-shooting forward had played out his option. The team's only returning star was Rick Barry, basketball's soldier of fortune who had played for three teams in two leagues in the past nine years...