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...very confident," Wise says from his firm's small suite of offices in this affluent suburb. "1990 is going to be the inflection point for us, when this really takes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Entrepreneur Wants a Lens in Every Chicken | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Eventually, a working lens was developed. Wise contracted with several small plants around Massachusetts to produce the lenses, and field tests were conducted with chickens on farms around the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Entrepreneur Wants a Lens in Every Chicken | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...Wise says, the testing stage is over, and the future for chicken contact lenses looks sunny-side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Entrepreneur Wants a Lens in Every Chicken | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...look at that and I think, 'That's all behind us,'" Wise says. "we already know a lot someone else would have to figure out. That's the value of inertia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Entrepreneur Wants a Lens in Every Chicken | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...Holtz ability to crack wise, usually at his own expense, has kept his teams loose. But the self-deprecation also allows him to ward off praise, which he feels is the father of complacency. "When it's over, maybe I'll sit - down and say, 'Gee, we did something pretty terrific,' " he says. "But it's just not my nature." "He doesn't really accept compliments," says his son Kevin, a student at Notre Dame law school. When Notre Dame beat Pittsburgh 45-7 in October, Kevin called to congratulate him. What did Dad say in reply? "Kevin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fella Expects To Win: Notre Dame coach LOU HOLTZ | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

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