Word: notch
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...could tell everything was kicked up a notch,” Visone recalled. “He had on $800 shoes instead of $300 shoes...You could tell that he knew he was going to make a lot of money. He had a confidence...
...notch financial journalist, Suzy Wetlaufer knew a good business story when she saw one. Unfortunately, the biggest story of her career turned out to be a tabloid-ready bombshell starring Suzy herself--specifically, her relationship with corporate titan Jack Welch. "Jack and I gave the press a magnificent cocktail," she told TIME recently. "You couldn't have made it up. Here we have a very famous CEO who's married, who has just written a big, best-selling autobiography, and he runs off with this mother of four who [is the editor] of the Harvard Business Review." TV trucks camped...
...Paar. In 1962, Paar left the show in the hands of a 36-year-old game-show host, Johnny Carson, who turned The Tonight Show from a success into a legend. (At one point, it accounted for 17% of NBC's revenue.) Carson's affable charm helped snag top-notch guests like John F. Kennedy, although his highest ratings came when 40 million people saw ukulele player Tiny Tim marry a 17-year...
...confident about its potential, but the season was far from easy for the Crimson rackets. Harvard started off the year facing a number of top-30 teams—including No. 1 Georgia—in a series of diagnostic tests for the Crimson. Harvard struggled against the top-notch competition, although No. 69 Chris Clayton, the Crimson co-captain, provided one bright spot, beating No. 12 Nate Schnugg of Georgia. Harvard competed in a series of invitationals throughout the fall and winter in preparation for the spring. Clayton had a very successful Wilson/ITA Northeast Tennis Regional tournament, in which...
...American status twice. In a year that featured a number of team struggles for Harvard (5-12, 2-3 Ivy), its all-star captains led a three-man charge to the championships—with sophomore Corey Jantzen completing the trio—finishing 41st in the nation to notch a positive conclusion to a roller-coaster season. “We had our ups and downs, but that’s been the story since I got here,” O’Connor said. “With injuries, we don’t have the depth...