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...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...
...over the Bulldogs.But as decisively as the season ended, the beginning was not so clean.In the Crimson’s annual night game against Holy Cross to kick off the 2008 campaign, Pizzotti committed four turnovers. But heading into the fourth quarter down, 17-6, Pizzotti buckled down to notch three final-frame touchdowns—one by air, two by land—to edge out the Crusaders, 25-24. He finished the day with 370 passing yards in the spectacular comeback.In the next contest against Brown, Pizzotti kept a drive alive as the clock wore down, setting Harvard...
...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...