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...sourness is ambition's aftertaste, always, and only achievements born of aspiration (for all) rather than ambition (of one person for himself) seem to bypass this strange cost. The achievements of aspiration, which I wish for you, have their own strange aftertaste, their own costs, for aspiration continues the chain of life that ambition constantly nibbles...

Author: By Hal Eskesen, | Title: A Letter of Advice to New Graduates | 6/6/1994 | See Source »

...responsible for a dozen books a year, and she gets straight A's from anyone who worked with her. Doubleday chief Stephen Rubin says that "she was directly involved in everything -- line editing, trim size, jacket design, sales and marketing. She would call up a big book chain to push her books. And she was never grand. She would wait outside your office if you were on the phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jacqueline Onassis: A Profile in Courage | 5/30/1994 | See Source »

...glimpses of the private Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis are available. For one, she was often seen at ballet intermissions eating ice cream, something she loved. For another, she chain-smoked -- out of the camera's range -- until 1987, when she told Kitty Dukakis, who had approached her for advice on being a political wife, that she was quitting. She remained devoted to J.F.K.'s memory. Over lunch with friends, she often began remarks with "Jack used to say" or "Jack thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jacqueline Onassis: A Profile in Courage | 5/30/1994 | See Source »

...however, American teenagers share an inveterate cynicism about corporate messages. This explains why in the OK campaign, Coke has set up an 800 number to let drinkers sound off about the beverage, and thereby define it for themselves. In another understated, low- tech move, the company is mailing out chain letters in target markets that mock the outlandish claims that companies often make for their products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Teens Buy It? | 5/30/1994 | See Source »

McDonald's officials can't remember the last time the chain tried to set up shop in the Square. Whenever it was, though, I'll bet there wasn't a Condom World around. Times have changed...

Author: By Sebastian Conley, | Title: Satisfying Students' McCravings | 5/27/1994 | See Source »

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