Word: debut
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...your Ziggy tea cozy beginning to fray? Your Wizard of Id pinking shears a little dull? Don't reach for that Dilbert catalog. This week, the cast of Doonesbury will debut on mugs, tumblers and T shirts at Starbucks around the U.S. "I've always avoided merchandising because it seemed at odds with the philosophical point of view of the strip," says GARRY TRUDEAU, who created Doonesbury 28 years ago. But now, the artist has joined forces with the coffee conglomerate to raise money to fight illiteracy; with all net proceeds of the items will go to charity...
...STEPHEN HOUGH New York Variations (Hyperion) England's most imaginative pianist pays tribute to America's finest solo piano music, including Aaron Copland's Piano Variations, composed 68 years ago but still as up to date as a news flash, and the debut recording of George Tsontakis' Ghost Variations, a forceful, boldly conceived virtuoso showpiece headed for a concert hall near...
...make it a success. Before The Prince of Egypt opens on Dec. 18, he will have circled the globe--visiting six countries in six days in November and nine in 11 days in December--to publicize the film in some of the more than 50 countries where it will debut this month. He has met with nearly 700 clerics and scholars, journeyed to the Vatican, and addressed groups ranging from some faculty members of the Harvard divinity school (to seek their wisdom) to 4,000 Wal-Mart employees in Texas (to inspire them to sell a special Prince of Egypt...
...both began traditionally, apprenticed as teenagers to some of France's legendary chefs, but they refuse to settle for an old-fashioned career spent in just one kitchen. Vongerichten's Jean Georges won a rare four-star rating from the New York Times within three months of its 1997 debut; his Mercer Kitchen was the buzz of New York before it opened this fall; he has exported his French-Asian marvel, Vong, to London and Hong Kong. Both men have no qualms about lending their name. Vongerichten sells condiments through Williams-Sonoma, and Ducasse has just brought out a champagne...
...often what determines whether you'll go back. By 1963 more than 1 billion hamburgers had been sold, a statistic that was displayed on a neon sign in front of each restaurant. That same year, the 500th McDonald's restaurant opened and the famous clown, Ronald McDonald, made his debut. He soon became known to children throughout the country, and kids were critical in determining where the family ate. According to John Mariani in his remarkable book America Eats Out, "Within six years of airing his first national TV ad in 1965, the Ronald McDonald clown character was familiar...