Word: winner
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Actually, there was no clear winner or loser-unless, as some leading Democrats lamented, it was President Reagan. The debate, sponsored by the House Democratic Caucus, was held on the snow-covered New Hampshire campus of Dartmouth College. For the first 1 Vi hours, all the candidates responded to the evenhanded questioning of ABC Newsman Ted Koppel (see PRESS) with measured campaign statements. In the second 1½ hours, most were goaded into sharper exchanges by Donahue, who hopped about with his microphone soliciting questions from the audience and throwing in some zingers...
After six weeks of mounting suspense and a burgeoning jackpot, lottery-ticket sales reached $115 million. But more than a week after the top-prize combination of six numbers was announced, the winner of an $11 million Canadian lottery had still not stepped forward. Norman Morris, president of the Ontario Lottery Corp...
...sure, as Morris added, the ticket holder was "facing a fairly traumatic experience." One consideration was personal safety, a fear of kidnapers or extortionists. Another was the inevitable onslaught of promoters, cranks and schemers, all pledging their devotion to the winner's good fortune. Lottery officials cautioned the winner not to reveal the fact until the ticket had been presented to them...
...course, the winner could turn out to be an American, and under certain circumstances a most unlucky one. It is illegal to bring lottery tickets into the U.S., so Customs agents confiscated tickets when they were declared by returning travelers...
Robert Noyce: Scientist Turned Investor. Noyce is the co-inventor of the integrated circuits that form the core of all modern computers, winner of the 1979 National Medal of Science and a co-founder of two pioneering and profitable California electronics companies, Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel. Noyce, 55, also plays a less publicized role as a venture capitalist. With his success has come enormous wealth. His 1.5 million shares in Intel, where he now serves as vice chairman, are worth $60 million. Along with Arthur Rock, his friend of 30 years, Noyce in 1977 helped bankroll Diasonics, the medical-instrument...