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...companies that participate are mostly finance and consulting firms, but other participants include advertising agencies, pharmaceutical companies and the U.S. Armed Forces. Each corporation pays a fee, which purchases a forum booth, a profile in Crimson and Brown's magazine and an interview schedule...

Author: By Leigh S. Salsberg, | Title: Crimson & Brown Helps Minorities With Recruiting | 1/31/1996 | See Source »

WHEN TWO THUGS SPRAYED A FLAMMABLE LIQUID through a token-booth opening, flicked a match and set Brooklyn subway-token clerk Harry Kaufman on fire--an attack that mimicked a scene in the new movie Money Train--stars Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes expressed deep sorrow and said they were praying for the victim. Columbia Pictures stated it was "appalled and dismayed" at the incident as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE REAL MONEY TRAIN | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

...dodging pranks in Disney's 1993 film The Program. This time, however, the filmmakers appear to have been warned. Jack Lusk, senior vice president in charge of movie permits for New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority, says the MTA cooperated with the filming, but not with the token-booth scenes. "We objected to the torching of the booth," he says. "We said the torching was not central to the movie, and that it was a dangerous thing to do and could lead to violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE REAL MONEY TRAIN | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

...Appalled and dismayed" was Columbia Pictures' re-action to the torching of a New York City subway token booth by assailants whose attack closely resembled scenes from the studio's latest release, Money Train. The clerk working inside the booth suffered severe burns. G.O.P. presidential contender Bob Dole, who has been campaigning against Hollywood's "pornography of violence," took to the Senate floor to urge a boycott of the film. In the debate about whether the movie inspired the crime, it was almost forgotten that the film scenes were themselves inspired by a series of real-life attacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 2 | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

...crowd-pleasing 17% flat tax for individuals and businesses. To voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, this idea has become his identity. Forbes is no longer the mild-mannered son of that balloon-flying, motorcycle-riding, Elizabeth Taylor-escorting millionaire; he's the Flat Tax Man. At the Budweiser booth at a trade show in Manchester, New Hampshire, a fellow gripping a cold one shouted at Forbes, "Hey, I saw you on TV this morning with the flat tax!" Notes Joel Slemrod, a tax expert who teaches at the University of Michigan Business School: "One of the attractions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BRASS-KNUCKLED GENTLEMAN: STEVE FORBES | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

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