Word: fame
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite Klein's fame, virtually the only place to read about him has been in fawning profiles commissioned by the glossy magazines that depend on him for ads. As a rich, handsome man he is a big target, though, and the arrival of a tell-all expose like Obsession: The Lives and Times of Calvin Klein, by Steven Gaines and Sharon Churcher (Birch Lane Press; $22.50), was almost inevitable. The authors do not fawn -- they revel in describing the people Klein copied, the deals he made, the collaborators he turned against. Above all, they dwell on his heavy drug...
Along with his two teammates' he'll have his plaque in Springfield. Five years after his retirement, he'll be inducted into the Hall of Fame...
During his self-described "15 minutes of fame," Hyland remembers drafting rules for the occupation, organizing the protesters' demands and developing plans for food and sanitation...
...Walter M. Cabot '55. And it's why many of Cabot's top henchmen, including Scott M. Sperling and Michael Eisenson--the managers of HMC's high-risk, high-gain private placement portfolio--continue to work at HMC, earning stratospheric salaries, despite their lackluster performance. Sperling and Eisenson achieved fame several years ago for becoming the first HMC officials to top the $1 million compensation barrier, just two years before the University marked down the value of their portfolio by about $200 million, roughly 20 percent. Indeed, there's reason to believe the portfolio's value was inflated...
...this is a parodic setup for Mom's delirious trial and exploitation. It's a tatty freak show, and Waters loves it. "I'm a participant in everything I criticize," he insists. "My movies aren't about violence but about how America is so confused about fame." The confusion and fascination, he suggests, come from a public exhausted by their own mundane problems and eager to find release in someone else's. "Here's the reason people can laugh about it," he says. "I've had a long day, you've had a long day, other people have been fired...