Word: partner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...acquired a certain license, in my 40th year, to speak of the "younger generation," I must confess that all this rather severely depresses me. On the Harvard campus where I teach, for example, rarely, if ever, do I see the brazen, sap-running spectacle of a hand held, a partner embraced, a kiss tendered (wet or dry), and I cannot help but ask these high-flying, career-tracing, dollar-sniffing, supposedly "younger" persons of the passionate years (to quote someone from their generation, Tracy Chapman): "If not now...when...
...chief executive of Cypress Semiconductor: "What the bean counters who make projections forget is that in the next two to three years, we will have the next set of innovations, which will make them abandon their projections. It has happened before, and it will happen again." Don Valentine, a partner in Sequoia Capital, a venture-capital firm, contends that creative stagnation is confined mostly to the big corporations, including IBM, Wang and Unisys. Says he: "There is no innovation at the dinosaur companies that are run by Neanderthals. Perhaps they have outlived their function...
Like Princeton, Harvard went after a big-name firm, settling on Daniel K. Mayers '55, a senior partner for Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering. The choice surprised few: Wilmer, Cutler's attorneys are considered the most talented, not to mention the most well-connected, corporate litigators in the capital...
...Clark cannot do it all, and despite impressive home-run help from his partner in the so-called Pacific Sock Exchange, Kevin Mitchell, as well as from slugger Matt Williams, the Giants seem outgunned overall by the Bash Brothers & Associates. More important, the A's boast the best pitching staff in baseball: Dave Stewart (21-9), Mike Moore (19-11), Storm Davis (19-7) and Bob Welch (17-8). For a closer in relief they call on Dennis Eckersley, who saved 33 games in the regular season and three more against the Blue Jays in the playoffs...
...settle in America before sending for their families, although Gatzoyiannis took much longer than most. He returned periodically to Greece, where he played the rich American and sired four daughters and the author, born Nikola. During one of the visits, the delivery business was sold by an untrustworthy partner. Gatzoyiannis lost his assets and momentum and became a restaurant cook...