Stripling cites the case of Birmingham-Southern, the Alabama school with a history of financial problems.

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Sullivan by comparison is a mere stripling at 48, although he has been with AIG for three decades.

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After all, in the spring of 1997, when Microsoft announced the acquisition, WebTV Networks was a two-year-old stripling of a startup with an oversized marketing budget, an aging demographic (25% over the age of 50) and a scant number of subscribers (less than 100, 000).

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