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...father ran the Hotel Theresa, which was frequented by celebrities. He earned a law degree at St. John's University, had a prominent career with the National Urban League and went on to become one of the great Washington insiders. Baldridge is probably best remembered for the Malcolm Baldridge award given to outstanding businesses or nonprofits, but he had a fascinating life. His father was a Nebraska congressman, and Baldridge went on to become head of Scovill, which makes fasteners for much of the world?s apparel. His biography notes: "Baldrige worked during his boyhood as a ranch hand...
...about to leap up the chart? It could. Landmark rulings by Britain's House of Lords last week may, some lawyers predict, make England and Wales a divorce magnet, because the rulings have been so generous to financially dependent spouses. In one case, the judges upheld a $9.4 million award to a woman who'd been married to a fund manager worth $60 million. In the second case, the judges lifted the five-year limit imposed by a lower court on annual maintenance payments of $468,000 to the ex-wife of an accountant who earned $1.4 million a year...
...appeared on the cover of this magazine twice, once in 1968 and again in 1982. The first time was for Couples, his then scandalous, still shocking novel of suburban partner swapping. The headline read THE ADULTEROUS SOCIETY. When he made the cover again, having just won nearly every literary award in existence for Rabbit Is Rich, the third in his four-volume Rabbit saga, he rated a somewhat tamer caption: GOING GREAT...
...Labyrinth was shown Saturday, the Festival's final day of competition. That's the graveyard slot here. By the 11th day, many of the Cannes conventioneers have departed, and the Jury presumably has a good idea of their award preferences by then. For a last-day film to win the Palme d'Or would be like a public access show at two in the morning copping the top spot in the Nielsen ratings...
...director, she is a one-woman walking encyclopedia of interdisciplinary social sciences,” he said. Simmons’ 1994 book, “Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy During the Interwar Years, 1923-1939,” garnered a Political Science Association Woodrow Wilson Award. In addition to international political economy, Simmons is also interested in and teaches a course on international law. Her upcoming book on international law and human rights will be her first monographic foray outside political economy. Domínguez said Simmons’ breadth of interests...