Word: quits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...line was outstanding again, I'm happy with the way the line blocked," Menick said. "I was detecting Holy Cross may have been getting tired, but although they wore down a little in the last drive, they didn't quit...
They skipped spring break--and most of their classes--to finish their plan. In May 1998 they secured VC funding. The next month, they quit Stanford. "It wasn't a hard decision," says Lefcourt, sitting in the company's office, which is luxurious by start-up standards. "The things I was trying to get out of business school I'm getting right here...
...three friends have been in the same city for only 12 hours. Thomas moved here from Germany. Luis quit his job in Colombia. Amar arrived this morning from Tokyo via Vancouver. Now they are sitting at Elroys, a restaurant on a deserted block in San Francisco, talking about the business they are starting together. "We're so happy right now," Thomas says. "This is an adventure. We're jumping into the cold water, and it feels great." It's surprising that he doesn't go for a Gold Rush analogy, as people here tend to do once per conversation. Surprising...
...romantic ballads such as "Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely," "I Need You Tonight" and "Spanish Eyes" (which was specially dedicated to me). Clad in rose-colored Dick-Tracy-like suits, the group further established their intoxicatingly sweet presence by serenading the audience with classic hits like "Quit Playing Games With My Heart," "As Long As You Love Me" and "I'll Never Break Your Heart." At one point in the show, the boys brought up five mother-daughter couples and dedicated "The Perfect Fan" (a new song Brian wrote about his mother) to each mom present there with...
...opening game against Oberlin, the Garnet Tide had been defeated in 28 straight games--the longest losing streak in college football. Their last win was in 1995, and the final score, 2-0, sounded like that of a soccer match. The school had since considered dropping football altogether. Players quit the team in droves. Only a handful of students showed up to watch Saturday home games. But at this intensely cerebral Quaker college, there has been a revived interest in the fortunes of the team, and a sense that if the streak was to be broken, it would happen against...