Word: topness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bala bagged his other goal late in the third period. Taking a pass from freshman center Dominic Moore in the low slot, he rung it top shelf to give Harvard the 5-1 margin of victory...
Facing some of the nation's top wrestlers--including ten teams ranked in the top 25 and many of last year's NCAA contenders--the Crimson finished in the middle of the pack at thirteenth. Though unable to match last year's ninth place performance, the weekend was highlighted by several individual performances that landed three Harvard wrestlers a second, third, and seventh place finish...
...battle between the top two G.O.P. candidates will take place in trenches already carved within the South Carolina G.O.P. Bush has knit his family ties into an organization backed by establishment Republican politicians and old hands like former Governor Carroll Campbell. McCain is backed by members of the more obstinate wing of the South Carolina clan, which includes Congressman Lindsey Graham, a folk hero made famous by his quirky orations as a House manager during the President's impeachment trial, and Mark Sanford, an unflappable budget hawk. "The McCain campaign is a revolt," says Richard Quinn, McCain's top...
Mikitani, 34, owner of Japan's most popular e-commerce sites, represents a new generation of feisty entrepreneurs who would rather die than work for Japan Inc. He started out in the mainstream--the best universities, a top job at a respected bank. But like a lot of Japanese in their 30s and 40s, Mikitani decided that his future would be more prosperous if he were in charge. "No smart young person wants to work at a big company," he says. "That would be risky...
...easy. There's no flood of new money on which to float a lot of start-ups, nor is there patience for companies that don't start making money immediately. The threat of massive failures at the big old companies has already drawn a backlash from top politicians who want to preserve lifetime employment. Next March, analysts predict, Nissan will announce an even bigger loss. But then, what's bad news for Nissan is good for Japan. --By Frank Gibney Jr. Reported by Tim Larimer/Tokyo