Word: longests
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...about Iraq?" Mel Karmazin wants to know as he strides into a conference room at Viacom's headquarters in New York City. Karmazin is here to talk about Viacom's business. But irreverent charm is part of his act and part of what makes him one of the longest-running hits on Wall Street. Karmazin, 59, made his name in radio, running Infinity Broadcasting, which he sold in 1996 to Westinghouse (which had acquired CBS a year earlier). He became CEO of CBS in January 1999 and within a year persuaded Viacom chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone...
Given that the world's longest-range passenger jet, the Airbus A340-500, isn't going to stop anywhere en route, die-hard smokers will want to stock up on nicotine patches before they board-everyone else, however, will be delighted. It comes into service on Dec. 1, making its maiden voyage from Dubai to Sydney under the Emirates airline livery. The flight time will be 14 hours, but this tireless behemoth can handle journeys of 17 hours or more, and Emirates has additional plans to deploy its fleet of eight A340-500s on trips to North America...
...activist could probably be the next Prime Minister of Canada if he wanted the job. But the post is to be taken by a man who spoke after him at the Liberal Party convention in Toronto last week, Paul Martin. A former Finance Minister who has had the longest dauphinate since Brian Williams was first tagged as the heir to Tom Brokaw, Martin will soon replace Jean Chretien, who has led Canada for a decade. Last week the Liberals elected Martin party boss on Chretien's retirement, and the Prime Ministership, for which he has been preparing half his life...
Waller returned four kickoffs an average of 32 yards, taking the longest one back 36 yards...
...Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner (Four Walls Eight Windows; 1994) A pioneer in the form of autobiographical comix, Harvey Pekar and his "American Splendor" series recently became the basis for a hit independent film. This is his most serious and longest work, written in collaboration with his wife and drawn by Frank Stack, and is a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis...