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...think the goal sort of revitalized us,” Mehaffey said. “Not all of our shots were conventional this weekend, but we never quit firing.”The Crimson held on for the one-goal victory in the relatively low-scoring affair...
...Football Association. "This is a case of intense village rivalry taken to absurd levels." All four teams have been suspended from playing for a year, and India's National Football Association is mulling a life ban for everybody involved. Curtorim's general secretary Arnold D'Costa quit. But his Wilfred counterpart Diniz Sardinha stayed put, insisting that his side was being unfairly targeted for its "ability...
Comcast's gibes sound a lot like the criticisms flowing from shareholders who have grown irate over Eisner's stewardship. He has been contending with a shareholder uprising led by ex-board members Roy Disney and his partner, Stanley Gold. The duo quit the company last fall, fed up with Eisner's alleged mismanagement, and are trying to persuade shareholders not to re-elect him at the company's annual meeting on March 3. Eisner suffered a body blow when Steve Jobs, Pixar Animation Studio's boss, decided not to renew a co-production and distribution agreement after 10 months...
Perhaps the most stinging charge is that Eisner has repelled corporate talent, particularly anyone with CEO potential. Disney has suffered an exodus of executives during his tenure. Its cast members no longer include execs like Paul Pressler, now at Gap; Geraldine Laybourne, who quit to co-found Oxygen Media; and Jeffrey Katzenberg, the man behind The Lion King, who co-founded DreamWorks. Comcast's No. 2 executive, Burke, is a fast-track escapee. He spent 12 years at Disney and proved himself a skilled executive by recharging Disney's consumer-products division (it faltered after he left) and reviving Euro...
There was also a time sophomore year when our costume designer quit one week before the Bartered Bride was to open. I tried my best to pick up needle and thread, but one of the other producers ended up not sleeping for several days so our singers could on reasonably clothed. The things we do for art around here...