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...Harvard Medical School, and Miller is at the University of Maryland's Law and Business Schools... The men's lacrosse team has some fascinating nicknames for its players. Some of the most interesting ones are "Bart and Barf" and "Lunch and Lurch" for a well-known freshman duo. "Barney," "Dirt Man," and "Five-Oh" Ask them...
...even (gasp!) commuting to their office, looked like first-class cruise passengers who had just unpacked for a walk around the deck. The look was liberating for some; for others, it resembled the prize exhibit in a dry cleaners' museum of horrors. Recalls Fred Pressman, president of Barney's New York, the forward-looking store that was Armani's first Stateside champion: "Manufacturers said I was trying to ruin the industry, promoting wrinkles. They didn't see the collection in terms of lifestyle, only as some kind of fashion statement, or misstatement. They couldn...
...himself a consultant and hired out his designing skills to such manufacturers as Ungaro, Zegna and Sicons. Armani kept busy at the drawing board, while Galeotti took care of business. By mid-decade, Armani had begun to attract local attention and a bit of international interest. Fred Pressman of Barney's recalls working with Armani in "an office no bigger than 14 by 14," crowded with one huge table and a few cane chairs used for everything from long business conferences to quick lunches. Bergdorf's Mello remembers "buying a collection of Armani's under a bare...
...Northern California town of Orland, Donna Marley, 40, a widow, saw her December electric bill of $87 leap to $210 in a month. Neighbors Barney and Verna Cushman were shocked when their December bill of $360 surged to $624 in January. Nor have PG&E customers been the only ones hit. In San Diego, Verna Murray, a customer of San Diego Gas & Electric, thought that her $250 per month electricity payments were already excessive; her December bill exploded...
...will lose one seat, the G.O.P.-dominated legislature passed a plan that put three Democratic incumbents into the same district. The G.O.P. has also profited from internecine warfare among the Democrats. In Massachusetts, which must shed one seat, the Democratic legislature pushed Republican Congresswoman Margaret Heckler and Democratic Congressman Barney Frank into the same district. The new seat contains about 70% of Heckler's old district, and the legislators stoutly refused to tack on the Democratic city of Framingham to bolster Frank's chances. The abrasive Frank evidently made a lot of enemies in the Massachusetts house...