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...Some liberal employers, on the other hand, use music to create a genuinely fun atmosphere, and Muzak just doesn't cut it. At Toscanini's, tattooed espresso aficionado Max Milgram believes the strategy's working; he and his fellow ice cream-scoopers remain enthusiastic because, he says, "We have an owner who is hip to everything and lets us choose. But we can't play anything too extreme---except late-night." If it was up to his tie-dyed coworker, Tessabelle Walker, "The only thing that would be playing is bootleg Phish and the Dead." Other Toscanini's staples include...

Author: By F. G. Tilney, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Music Vs. Muzak | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...clear a path for the more skilled, European game that dominates the NHL today. He overcame his shyness to become the perfect ambassador: humble, accessible, nice and somehow impeccably earnest without being creepy. The biggest off-ice controversy he ever faced was whether being on the cover of Cigar Aficionado sent a bad message to children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wayne Gretzky: The Great One Skates Away | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...gospel truth. But it's only as good as the person doing it," says Cliff Collier of the Ontario Genealogical Society. His view, shared by most serious researchers, is that only an exact copy of an original marriage certificate or immigration visa can be trusted. "The true aficionado," adds Boston genealogist Eileen O'Duill, "wants to feel the paper that his great-grandfather's birth was registered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Genealogy: Roots Mania | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...Georgi, known around the House as "chief," is Mallinckrodt professor of physics; Ann Georgi, a.k.a "coach," is a research assistant at Harvard Medical School--and both are committed to improving resources for female scientists who live in Leverett. Meat lovers take note: Howard Georgi is known as a barbecue aficionado...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, | Title: A 12-House Roundup | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

...Georgi, known around the House as "chief," is Mallinckrodt professor of physics; Ann Georgi, a.k.a "coach," is a research assistant at Harvard Medical School--and both are committed to improving resources for female scientists who live in Leverett. Meat lovers take note: Howard Georgi is known as a barbecue aficionado...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Century 21:The 12-House Roundup | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

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