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...sort of mixed feelings," says Beth D. Diamond, another student leader. "I'm excited for her, but I'd hate...

Author: By D. RICHARD De silva, | Title: How the Search Plays In...Bloomington | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...Hambrecht & Quist, a San Francisco investment firm, sales of California's premium wines have increased an average of 19.6% a year over the past five years. At the peak of the scale, California's ultra-premiums command prices that come close to matching those of Europe's best. Diamond Creek's tannic, concentrated 1987 Lake Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon went on sale last year at $100 a bottle. The 75 cases were gone within days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: A Golden Age for Grapes | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...were David and Michael Harris, flashy distributors who ran a string of crack houses in South Central L.A. Michael's profits let him buy a red Ferrari and gain access to a world of celebrities and politicians who were unaware of how he could afford his leather suits and diamond pendants. That may be because he also ran a trucking firm, an auto- leasing outfit and a limousine company, which were handy for his coke business. Recalls an admiring associate: "His drivers wore tuxedoes and he always made sure there was champagne in the cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fling of a High Roller | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

JELLY ROLL MORTON: THE JELLY ROLL MORTON CENTENNIAL -- HIS COMPLETE VICTOR RECORDINGS (Bluebird/RCA). This jaunty, saucy pianist with a diamond-studded tooth and an ego as big as Mount Rushmore claimed to have invented jazz. He didn't quite do that. But he did compose, arrange and perform some of the greatest jazz ever played, as this digitally remastered 5-CD set, spanning the years 1926-39, amply demonstrates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Nov. 26, 1990 | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

...think they look really good on some people and really horrible on some others," Holdt says. "I knew someone in high school who pierced his nipple. I'm not quite that crazy. I had a diamond nosering and I really liked it but I lost it. I like small flat ones. I wear one all the time...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: They've Got a Nose for Fashion | 11/15/1990 | See Source »

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