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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...third set, Harvard Coach Wayne Lem replaced five of his six starters with a second-string unit...
When a quick drive up the middle by junior Ramy Rajballie minutes into the second half upped the Crimson's advantage to six goals, Getman took the opportunity to put in his second string...
Losing 9-0, Worcester State was finally able to stop Burger's string of aces; however, not until the set stood at 11-0 did Worcester State hit the ball to the Harvard side...
...taste of performing by doing jokes and impressions at parties. Soon he was picking up nightclub gigs in Philadelphia and New York. Juggling comedy stints with school and sports grew more difficult, and the inevitable clash came during his junior year. The football team (for which Cosby played second- string fullback) had to travel out of town for a Saturday game; Cosby had booked himself into a $225 club engagement on Friday night. He sought permission to join the team late, but the school's athletic director refused. Forced to choose between comedy and college, Cosby opted for laughs...
Abboud is no stranger to failures, bailouts or controversy. At First Chicago in the late 1970s, he helped the bank recover from a string of bad real estate loans. But associates complained that Abboud was autocratic and contributed to flagging morale. In 1980 the bank's board ousted him. Abboud soon became president of Occidental, only to resign in 1984 after policy clashes with Chairman Armand Hammer. Since then, Abboud has run his own investment firm near his home in the posh Chicago suburb of Barrington. His reputation for toughness lingers, however, and Abboud seems to revel in it. "People...