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...September, just days after taking over as chief executive of CBS, Laurence Tisch decided he needed a traveling companion for a trip to Washington, where he was to meet staffers at the network's largest news bureau. He called Howard Stringer, who had just been made acting chief of CBS News, and suggested that the two ride the Metroliner together in order to talk. For Stringer, then a leading candidate for the job of CBS News president, the train ride was apparently a success. "It was clear that Tisch had gained a great deal of respect for Stringer," says...
...lose it. Last week Stringer, 44, was named president of CBS News, the third person to hold that post in less than a year. Last December Edward Joyce was ousted and replaced by his boss and predecessor, Van Gordon Sauter. Nine months later Sauter himself was forced out after Tisch wrested control of the company from then Chairman Thomas Wyman. The appointment of Stringer, a highly regarded 18-year veteran of CBS News, brought cheer to most staffers and may have finally signaled an end to a painful period of turmoil at TV's most prestigious news division...
Harvard 31, Brown 13: Landau starts at quarterback for the Crimson and gets injured on the first play from scrimmage. Yohe comes in, engineers several scoring drives, and catches a sudden case of the measles. Third-stringer Koehler hits six straight passes before being forced to leave the game for an appendectomy. Buddy Boyda comes...
...Crown Point, Ind., native--who averaged negative-one yards per carry in 27 rushing attempts on the freshman squad last year--only got a chance to shine when opening-day starter David Landau sustained a shoulder injury in the Holy Cross game and second-stringer Bill Koehler suffered an ankle injury in the Cornell game two weeks...
...aside from the continuing quarterback dilemma faced by Harvard Coach Joe Restic (the choice this week is between first-stringer David Landau, who returns from a shoulder injury, and sophomore reserve Tom Yohe, who debuted in style last Saturday against Cornell), the Crimson should have little trouble keeping the people grumbling in Green-land...