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When IBM announced its quarterly results last Monday, the news seemed like the last, grateful chapter of some Joseph Conrad epic. IBM had returned from its arduous journey to the land of lesser companies. It had produced a solidly black summer. Profits, the company said, rose ahead of expectations; hot new IBM computers such as the ThinkPad 560 were rocketing off the shelves for the first time in decades; and the company's services business, which helps firms get up to the warp speed of the infobahn, had booked a mind-blowing $11 billion in business in the first nine...
Defending champion Dartmouth, who is ranked in the top-30 nationally, should pose the strongest threat to Brown. Even though the Big Green lost four of seven from last year's championship team, top runners Dan Conrad and Aaron Schumacher are running well...
...Adventures of Captain Neato-Man," the superstraight young Larry (Nick Parillo) comes to an apartment in response to a secretarial ad. Timidly entering the open door, he soon finds himself cornered on the couch by a lusty woman in a leopard-print dressing gown (Jessie Conrad), who accuses him huskily of breaking in and trying to take advantage of her. Just then a curly-haired apparition in full superhero gear bursts...
...audience has gotten used to the weirdness of this family, he's still in buggy-eyed disbelief. But the discovery that his long-sought love, Trixy (Erica Mitnick), is an ex-ho and "born-again virgin," is a challenge that expands his character's previously one-note personality. Jessie Conrad is excellent as the sultry mother, and just the bantering (it doesn't just stop there) that goes on between her and her son deserves an "R" rating...
...step in Bollenbach's campaign is bound to be international. Nine years ago, Hilton's international properties were sold and are now owned by Ladbroke's, a British gambling concern. Bitter disputes followed, especially after Hilton began opening overseas hotels called Conrad. Both companies could benefit from a joint marketing agreement, if not a merger...