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Jeffrey A. Zucker ’86 is expected to be named the Chairman and Chief Executive of NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric and the world’s fifth-largest media company, according to inside sources who spoke to the Los Angeles Times. Zucker will replace Robert C. Wright, the NBC chairman who has occupied the position for 21 years. Zucker has been the chief executive of the NBC Universal Television Group since December 2005. He was responsible for all programming across the conglomerate’s extensive television properties, which include the NBC network as well...
...receive higher pay or enjoy better working conditions than factory workers or teachers. The function of an actress was primarily to entertain the masses, so besides appearing in films, she often gave performances in factories, rural communes, coal mines and oil fields, traveling with her unit all over China. It was an arduous life, but she believed she was rendering service to her country and its people. Now, as she munched her sandwiches, she told me about the day's events at her film studio. ''I spent the whole day writing Big Character Posters for the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution...
...Sarah Wilson, who netted a goal of her own on a 4-on-4 later in the period to push the lead to 2-0. The senior tallied the lone goal of the second period on the power play, connecting with Liza Solley and Wilson. This second power-play unit notched both of the squad’s special teams scores as Harvard went 2-of-10 on the evening with the man advantage. After Sifers bumped the edge to 4-0 early in the third, the Crimson sandwiched four more goals around the Dutchwomen’s first-ever...
...Mohler, a Calvinist, went into the hospital in December for a fairly routine stomach operation and suddenly developed pulmonary embolisms, a frequently fatal form of clotting, in both lungs. After emergency surgery and four days in the Intensive Care unit, he made a complete recovery. David Van Biema asked him whether his crisis could illuminate his brand of faith...
...rehab center was inspired by a group of philanthropists led by the Fisher family, New York real estate moguls who have long provided housing for visiting families of hospitalized soldiers. Brooke, which houses the military's burn unit and some combat amputees from the South, donated land for the 60,000-sq.-ft. facility. With its cutting-edge technology, Intrepid will become a world rehab center and replace Walter Reed as the most desired venue for the wounded. That nearly 100-year-old hospital, which has received most major casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan, is scheduled to close...