Word: simonal
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...Crimson had a clear advantage and used the remaining time to expand its lead, finishing the 2,000-meter race in 6:10.7, while the Huskies came in at 6:21.2.“It was a pretty stiff headwind today,” said varsity eight stroke Simon Gawlik. “Coming off the line, Northeastern hung with us for a good bit, but we were able to get up on them and continuously increase our margin. It seemed like we handled the conditions a little bit better.”The convincing win, the 12th...
...arts in its home city of Memphis, Tenn., as it has since 1993. And Target Corp. continues to devote 5% of its pretax profits--$3 million a week--to charities and outfits like the Pacific Symphony. "When the economy is struggling, the arts help people move forward," says Todd Simon, senior vice president of family-owned Omaha Steaks. "We take a long-term view of our business and a long-term view of our community...
...company donates "seven figures a year," according to Simon, to the Omaha Symphony, the Omaha Performing Arts Society and Opera Omaha, among others. Simon cites a local 2007 study showing that every $1 million added to the budgets of Omaha's nonprofit arts organizations generates three times that amount in economic activity, plus $1 million in wages and salaries and almost $1 million in annual state and local taxes. Simon's executive summary: "You can't argue with those kinds of numbers ... especially when you consider the power of the arts to educate, energize and bring people together...
Here is what J. Robert Oppenheimer (Simon J. Williams ’09) says when he hears the death toll at Hiroshima: “Some numbers are so big, multiplying by two doesn’t make a difference...
...member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Specter once called witnesses like former adult film star Linda Lovelace, children's television show host Captain Kangaroo, and several jurors from the John Hinckley Jr. trial to illustrate his points on juvenile justice. Senator Paul Simon once publicly chided Specter for the gimmicks...