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...Volunteers are not a frill," says Brickman. "In the age of Ronald Reagan and public school cutbacks, they are indispensible. Volunteers are a fundamental part of our ability to provide service to students...
...when companies were restructured as a result. Yet Icahn's headquarters is no temple to fast money, like the vaulted office of the reptilian Gordon Gekko in the movie Wall Street. Instead, it serves as a model for the unglamorous way he thinks business should be conducted. The only frill in his office is a Persian rug. Icahn manages his frenetic investment ventures with a staff of just eight, who scurry about their nondescript cluster of offices with no pretensions of power, eat lunch at their desks and do not bother to use intercoms. Says Office Manager Gail Golden...
...impossibly pretty, thoroughly thought-out floor lamp. It has steel tubes finished in black epoxy; the conical shade is spun aluminum; the green spherical on-off dimmer switch is patinated brass. The result is a lamp that alludes serenely to light -- the moon and the sun -- without fuss or frill...
Ronald Bass's clever script never apologizes for Catharine, never explains her. It knows, as Alex does, that "nobody knows why anybody does anything." And Rafelson, in his snazziest stint since Five Easy Pieces (1970), locates meaning in each thrill and frill. He gives Supporting Players Nicol Williamson and James Hong juicy vignettes. He gives Winger a role that taps her smarts, humor and goofy-gorgeous smile. And he gives Russell the movie. In the past she has mainly graced the films of her husband Nicolas Roeg. Here she emerges as a golden girl with looks that kill. Separately, Russell...
...that may change. Last week Eastern's domination of this golden market was challenged when Pan Am launched the opening round of the Frill Wars. Unlike New York Air, which five years ago began hourly scheduled service along the same routes, Pan Am will imitate Eastern by not accepting advanced ! reservations. Even with its occasional price cutting, New York Air never captured more than 30% of the market...