Word: funded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from 1981. At New York City's Waldorf- Astoria, 60% of last year's banqueters showed up in formal gear, up from 45% in 1981. That means, according to the hotel, that 195,000 folks showed up at the Waldorf to put on the ritz. "The intensity of private fund-raising dinners, due to Government cutbacks, has increased and thus the increase in black-tie events," explains Waldorf Catering Director Lawrence Harvey. "In my set," says New York City Socialite Mrs. Thayer Gilpatric, "the tuxedo never went out." A century ago, however, the tuxedo almost got kicked out of Gilpatric...
...necessary to be a board chairman to spiff up in a tux, however. "The tuxedo is a great equalizer," suggests Chicago Fund Raiser Sugar Rautbord. "It's hard to distinguish between the head waiter and a CEO." Bill Blass, whose traditional tux designs for After Six are among the industry's best sellers, brings the whole matter down to earth and into perspective: "Ultimately, it all stems back to women. It's the gal who wants to dress up, and the fellow has to go along." That's one reason Blass has been a success for so long; he knows...
Wiesel has been a Nobel contender for several years, for both the peace and literature prizes. (In a departure from custom, the Nobel Committee cited Bob Geldof, organizer of Live Aid and other fund-raising rock concerts, as runner- up for this year's peace prize.) Wiesel regards his award with an amalgam of gratitude and caution. "I don't think that prizes validate work," he says. "They give stature, texture, the possibility to reach more people. There's a mystique about the Nobel. It gives you a better loudspeaker...
...PROTEST is more theraputic than activist. If the students really wanted to increase minority enrollment, they would pledge to make all donations to a fund devoted to sponsoring scholarships for minorities. If they wanted to attack investments in South Africa, they would set up a fund similar to the Endowment for Divestiture. And if they wanted to clean up their squash courts, they'd do what every good alumnus does--donate...
Those who have worked with her praise her cooperativeness, her friendly manner and her ability to end a stalemate. "She's made a considerable difference in relations," says Gladys P. Gifford, an activist in the Harvard Square Defense Fund, a citizens' group which monitors all Harvard Square issues from the police to graffiti. "She listens to the community point of view. She understands that there is one. And this brings about resolutions on issues that used to be big battles...