Word: biz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three-quarters of the nation's 9 million companies are no more than a quarter-century old. But let's not ignore the hardy perennials. Longfellow's Wayside Inn, founded in the early 1700s and probably the oldest homegrown business, still welcomes guests in Sudbury, Mass. Below, a durable-biz list...
...threatening deadlines that define Harvard to the palm trees, cloudless skies and pink stucco that are La-La Land, Los Angeles, home. A compilation of luck and lack of planning landed me a job as a production assistant in the business Los Angeles is renowned for worldwide--the movie biz...
...HAMSHER, the gossipy book is filled with wicked wit, mostly skewering screenwriter QUENTIN TARANTINO and director OLIVER STONE. Though stories of Stone's bacchanalian ways and Tarantino's saucy self-confidence are nothing new, Hamsher's gonzo take on NBK's evolution offers an insider's view of show-biz egos. Among the choice bits: details about Stone's stoned-out mushroom trip in the desert and Tarantino's close connection with Miramax, the company that released his hits Pulp Fiction and From Dusk till Dawn. Writes Hamsher: "Quentin had been running his mouth off for months, telling people that...
...general-knowledge quiz. "I've been reading the almanac over and over," says Stein. "I know a lot already, but I hope none of my family is ever a contestant." (His father Herb was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Nixon.) Stein's frequent forays into show biz and his willingness to pose for promotional photos like this one seem to indicate that although he's well versed in economic policy, it's not his first love. "To have Alex Trebek's job," he says, "would be heaven...
...rest at that. While making The English Patient, Fiennes mentioned the book to Patient author Michael Ondaatje, who suggested the actor pitch it to his publisher, who loved it and bought it. Not content with that, half the Fiennes family (sister Sophie and brother Joseph are also in show biz) went on tour to drum up interest. Needless to say, the book got all the attention a publishing house--or a mom--could want...