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...Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes: Her Gardens and Campuses: Gund Hall Gallery, Harvard School of Design, through...
...company was "a minefield of personal intrigue and corporate politics," according to newly named Atari President John Farrand. Concurs Atari's top scientist, Alan Kay: "For a while, the company was playing 'Ha, ha, your end of the boat is sinking.' " But when the bad news became clear last fall, it turned out that everyone was in the same boat...
DIED. Clair Farrand, 85, holder of more than 250 patents for inventions including the cone radio loudspeaker (which supplanted earphones and horn speakers), an electronic measuring device used in computer memories and submarine navigation, and optical technologies used in range finders, bombsights and periscopes; of a heart attack; in Palm Springs, Calif...
Some of the most effective lobbying was done from a distance. "I never go to Capitol Hill," said Chris Farrand, director of energy and environment for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "I generate three or four calls to a Senator. He'll take those calls while three or four lobbyists are waiting outside his office." Senators were phoned by major employers from their home states, warning of imminent layoffs and plant closings if an adequate gas supply was not assured. Workers and shareholders were also urged to write or wire their Senators; the argument was made that even though...
...huge Gothic pile. Dede can squash mountains as though they were bugs, but she has a doughty foe in a widowed moneybags named Joanne Remington (Rosemary Murphy), who believes that when money talks, Dede should shut up. Joanne's plan is to install a codirector, Shirley Fuller (Jan Farrand), who will siphon off Dede's authority...