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...Philip Glass's controversial new op era, Satyagraha. He has been to Boston, Houston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Santa Fe, and the White House twice, once for a memorable concert featuring the American debut of a long-lost Mozart symphony. Last week found Walsh in Paris to review Peter Brook's idiosyncratic new production of Bizet's opera Carmen. "I don't mind the travel at all," says Walsh. "It's part of what makes the job of TIME music critic so rewarding. I can go anywhere in the world where there is a major musical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 21, 1981 | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

Conservative is a relative term. "They wanted me to be a New York deb, but it was only for one night," Mimi Martin says, as she waits for her guests to arrive at the Brook Hollow Golf Club. Making her debut at a New York cotillion would have been fun but too fleeting. How is a girl supposed to come into society in just one night? In Dallas, when a girl comes out, she really comes out: two or three functions a day in her honor, six days a week, for three months. "You lose all track of the real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Dallas: Mimi Makes Her Debut | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

Mimi likes red. So Brook Hollow is red this night. Hundreds of red and white balloons. Huge sprays of red gladiolas. The tablecloths are red, as are the matchbook covers with MIMI emblazoned on them. So too are the rubies surrounded by diamonds in Mimi's necklace and earrings. Neiman-Marcus allowed Mimi the run of the jewelry department to borrow anything she wanted for her ball. "It was real special," she admits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Dallas: Mimi Makes Her Debut | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

Across the city, near Alewife Brook and the Fresh Pond parkway, city developers are watching construction on the Red Line extension proceed so they can set a timetable for work on another major office development...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp and William E. Mckibben, S | Title: Catching Up With Cambridge | 12/1/1981 | See Source »

Although McDonald's, the fast-food giant based in Oak Brook, Ill., boasts that it has sold more than 35 billion hamburgers since its founding in 1955, the chain's fastest-growing offering in recent years has been its breakfast menu, which features eggs and pancakes and accounts for 18% of sales. The firm is also touting McChicken, a fried chicken sandwich that will be on sale in 60% of the chain's 6,500 units by year's end. Rival Burger King is now selling a sandwich-style version of veal parmigiana. And Jack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fast Food Feast | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

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