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Every once in a while a Harvard organization has a cocktail party. This is brownnoser prime time. Note the conspicuous brownnosing laughter that follows the editor/director/producer/president/chair's dumb jokes...

Author: By Gavin M. Abrams, | Title: The Real Rat Race | 9/28/1991 | See Source »

...Song of Singapore Cafe. 2) At Steve McGraw's, munch on Jinx's '50s-style Rice Krispie Treats. You'll go snap crackle doo-wop! 3) The barbecued chicken is tangy at the Blue Angel, a stone's throw from Times Square. 4) Sip an oversize Manhattan -- the cocktail of choice for sophisticated Gothamites -- at Theater East. 5) Adam's Apple offers salad, shrimp, chicken and ice cream -- cafeteria food at its most authentic! 6) At the Village Gate, savor the gooey goodness of the Fluffernutter sandwiches, just like Mom used to make -- in a brown paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Come to The Cabaret! | 8/12/1991 | See Source »

...University also charged the government $103,050 for furniture, kitchen utensils, mattresses, pillows and interior decorating for apartments. And under the same grant, Harvard billed the government $13,460 for entertainment activities, such as cocktail and coffee hours. All these charges were recommended for disallowance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Federal Audits: Univ. Misspent Millions in Research Dollars | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

Thou shalt not take the name of the University in vain, except at high-powered cocktail parties...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ten Commandments | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

...when the director was 11 years old. Unpersuaded that the dead return to earth, Brooks puts his main characters on a linear trajectory into the unknown. Brooks is moved by the 20 letters a week he receives from dying people uplifted by the film. "It's not a hospice cocktail," he quips, "but close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood Goes to Heaven | 6/3/1991 | See Source »

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