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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...stake for $500,000. Gets stronger and grumpier with age. Talk to him in the pen, and he could throw a rider off. Fairly friendly when not competing. He kicks so high it often looks as if he will topple over. A sweetie at times; in the pit he is "the baddest bastard in the world," his owner says. Compares riding to ballet, since both require finesse. He's in position for a third world title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bring On the Bulls | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

...stigma that Max broke. He said, 'We're here to serve consumers, not egos,' and he designed a product that was salable and had a fluid, sophisticated sexiness, a point of view. Everyone said he was crazy, but he went up there and fought his way in like a pit bull, and here we are today." Where they are, says Marc Cooper, managing director at investment bank Peter J. Solomon Company, is in the right place at the right time with the right product. "It's rare for any company to be as successful as Max is. As of late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art Of The Deal: Bon Business | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

Felipe’s: 1. Harvard Square’s answer to Mexican cuisine. 2. The Spanish word for “grease pit...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Harvardisms: Learning The Lingo | 8/29/2006 | See Source »

While there’s enough to do at Harvard to never require one to leave the Yard or the Houses, freshmen who venture beyond Mount Auburn or Prescott Street will be pleasantly surprised to discover that there’s more to Cambridge than the Pit, the Charles, or Cambridge Common...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life at Harvard Can Extend Outside the Gates of the Yard | 8/28/2006 | See Source »

...perfect for Sunday brunch. Walking around Brookline is like walking around Harvard Square, sans the garbage and noise that gives the Square its character and headaches. Take the “C” Green Line train to Coolidge Corner to experience what Harvard would be like without the Pit or the Chinese guy who plays outside of the Coop every night...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life at Harvard Can Extend Outside the Gates of the Yard | 8/28/2006 | See Source »

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