Word: press
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Tommy Amaker was introduced as the new head coach of the Harvard men’s basketball team in a press conference today at the Murr Center lounge in Allston. “I can’t say how proud I am to be the committee’s selection,” Amaker said as he addressed a room full of Friends of Harvard Basketball, fellow Crimson coaches, representatives of various media outlets, and members of the men’s basketball team. He was accompainied by his wife, Dr. Stephanie Pinder-Amaker. In his introductory remarks, Nichols...
...committee, said of Counter, “I can’t imagine someone more deserving of this award. He’s a real treasure of this university.” Patrick is the first African-American governor of Massachusetts and a former Dunster House resident. His deputy press secretary said yesterday that the governor is “tremendously honored to be selected for this award.” The Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts will honor Counter and Patrick at its 18th Annual Andrew J. Davis Unity Breakfast. Saturday’s event will be held...
...same time.” But Mushegian proposes a different plan. “She should spend it on muffins and cupcakes for her friends and family,” she said. The tournament will air from April 30 to May 11, according to a Sony press release...
...gets to say "ho," in an age when Pimp My Ride is an innocent car show and It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp is an Oscar-winning song? As even Essence Carlson, one of the Rutgers students Imus insulted, acknowledged at a press conference, black rap artists labeled young black women as "hos" long before Imus did. And while straight people may not be able to say "faggot," Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Will & Grace helped mainstream the nonhostile gay joke for straight people. But all this reappropriation and blurring - distinguishing a good-natured "That...
...Which may be why it was such a catharsis to see the Rutgers players respond to Imus at their press conference in their own words. "I'm a woman, and I'm someone's child," said Kia Vaughn. "I achieve a lot. And unless they've given this name, a 'ho,' a new definition, then that is not what I am." She stood with her teammates, a row of unbowed, confident women. For a few minutes, anyway, they drew a line we could all agree on and formed a line we could all get behind...