Word: frequenter
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...second institution and 25 at the third. Of the 20 finalists in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, 11 enrolled this year at Harvard and Radcliffe. In the 31 years from 1960 through 1990, 240 Westinghouse finalists have rolled, making Harvard and Radcliffe by far their most frequent choice...
Even supporters got nervous as Murdoch exploited permissive Australian accounting rules to run up $8 billion in corporate debt (vs. assets worth perhaps $20 billion), much of it short-term and in need of frequent refinancing. But Murdoch continued to insist to stockholders that "fortune does favor the brave." Says Steve Rattner, head of the media department at the investment bankers Lazard Freres: "Of all media moguls, Rupert has been the boldest. If Fox or Sky had crashed and burned, he would have burned too. He has an enormously strong constitution...
...Lionel's suite, store his belongings and reassign the bungalow was granted in a memo of November 15." Lionel died that evening. Peters notes dryly, "MGM couldn't even wait for its most durable star to stop breathing." In old age Ethel lived in reduced circumstances. Katharine Hepburn recalled frequent visits to her longtime friend: "I never knew the number of the street she lived on because it seemed such a silly little neighborhood for Ethel Barrymore. It didn't have any connection with Ethel . . . but then I don't think I'd ever associate anything with Ethel...
...profits. Champion of broadcasting's most respected news organization? Paley acquiesced to blacklisting in the 1950s and canceled Edward R. Murrow's See It Now because he feared it was too nettlesome to the Eisenhower Administration. As a decision maker, Paley was cautious and vacillating; underlings snickered over his frequent "540-degree turns." Some of his most decisive moves -- like dumping Walter Cronkite from the anchor booth at the 1964 Democratic Convention -- were the most ill-advised...
Since taking office, Salinas has worked hard to cement his personal popularity. He makes frequent helicopter trips, known as giras, outside Mexico City, to take the national pulse. Wherever he goes, he renders instant verdicts on pleas for sewers, electricity, roads, hospitals, and is known to follow through on his promises...