Word: younger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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George W. Bush has every reason to hate Pat Buchanan. After all, the pundit turned candidate savaged the Texas Governor's father in '92, when Buchanan challenged President Bush for the G.O.P. nomination, labeling him "King George." And Buchanan has attacked the younger Bush on everything from free trade to abortion, referring to him as the "prince...
Leakey seems to thrive on such tough times. For years he kept a terminal kidney disease secret from everyone but his doctors and wife Meave, until he finally agreed to a lifesaving kidney transplant from his estranged younger brother Philip, a former KANU member of Parliament. In 1993, a single-engine Cessna that Leakey was piloting lost power--many believe it was a result of sabotage--and crash-landed. He lost both legs below the knee but within three weeks was walking again with the help of artificial limbs. "Some people deteriorate under pressure; some people get exhilarated," Leakey said...
...last week the opportunity to pair the largely fuddy-duddy CBS assets--broadcast television, radio and outdoor advertising--with Viacom's hipper, younger, cable and movie-studio properties--MTV, VH-1, Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures--was a deal too good for Karmazin not to persuade Redstone to believe in. "Look, we didn't need a studio," Karmazin says, smiling. "But nobody in the world can tell me it's a bad idea to have...
...Nickelodeon in addition to properties such as UPN, TNN, Showtime, Simon & Schuster publishing and others, giving the company cradle-to-grave demographics. For example, CBS draws the 50-plus crowd, which will be more than offset by Nickelodeon's and MTV's decisively Gen Y and younger constituency. "My kids will respect me more because I'm involved with a channel [MTV] they actually watch," says CBS president Leslie Moonves...
...Most of the top schools are on the coasts....We're smaller and younger, so it's hard to get recognition," Minter says. "As long as [ratings] exist, it's gratifying to be number...