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...Redstone, the triumph in what he angrily came to call "the cruel, abusive and sometimes ridiculous battle for Paramount" could hardly have been sweeter. With the battle about to end last Monday, Redstone, Biondi and two Viacom colleagues repaired to the posh "21" Club in midtown Manhattan to dine and await the result of the tally of tendered shares, which was due by midnight. The first call from Viacom's proxy solicitor came at 8:30, with word that Viacom already had the 50.1% of Paramount stock needed for victory. Exults the 70-year-old Redstone: "I picked...
Still, the road of researcher-writer can be a lonely one. "There were times when I would dine at really nice restaurants, and I would notice how everyone else was eating with a date or whatever," says Caplan. "Or I would sneeze, and realize there was no one to say 'Bless...
...Club's philosophy is, and has always been, to provide a desirable watering hole where the faculty can dine and socialize at a reasonable cost. "Our program is to offer good, wholesome food to the faculty and their guests, as a way to create a community of faculty and staff at Harvard," says Sally H. Zeckhauser, vice president for administration...
...American drug company in 1986, he was at loose ends. Having trimmed down from a high of 200 lbs. to 165 lbs. while reading some 300 diet books, the 5 ft. 8 in. Montignac decided to write his own. Targeting his fellow expense- account-habitues, he titled his book Dine Out and Lose Weight and published it himself. Its word-of-mouth success -- 500,000 copies sold, without advertising -- led to three sequels, and Montignac was launched...
Perhaps there is room for compromise. Perhaps the celebrants can admire their tree somewhere less public--the JCR, for example--where they can enjoy my best wishes for the happiest of holidays, in return for allowing the rest of us to dine in peace...