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...first thing Coates does is challenge a government agency's or corporation's assumptions about its future. His modus operandi, in essence, is to gather together a company's top executives and start playing with their minds. "If you can get somebody to say something they really believe about the year 2010, it's like magic," he says. "Instantly you get everyone around the table asking two key questions: How do I know I'm right, and what are the consequences if I'm wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CASHING IN ON TOMORROW | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

During the summers after my first and sophomore years of high school, I did all kinds of exciting things. I participated in archaeological digs, studied German in a small town in Austria and helped gather data for a study on plant life and mammals (shrews, rats and mice, more specifically--they really are cute, despite what some people may say) on an island off the coast of France. But then I got the strange idea that I had to spend my summers finding out what I might want to do "later...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Careers and Fears | 7/9/1996 | See Source »

...Lewis spoiled his 1963 film by aiming toward empyrean realms, Murphy saves his by heading straight down to earthiness. When the Klumps--gluttons all, and afflicted with a full range of noisy mental and digestive disturbances--gather for dinner, they (Or should we say he, since Murphy is playing all but one of them?) constitute the funniest comedy ensemble in recent memory. This is an American family with only one value: tell the vulgar truth about everything, be it sex, talk shows or the price of airline tickets. They are particularly choleric about our obsession with calories. Nothing green...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THE FUNNY PROFESSOR | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

...trips to the North End for dinner at La Famiglia's, or to China Town for a birthday dinner at Chau Chau. I often joke about how I pledged to discover other night-life options besides the Grille this school year, and how the two attempts I made to gather a group of friends and go out into Boston drastically failed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How I Discovered Boston | 7/4/1996 | See Source »

Students need not sign up beforehand. Trips leave from the courtyard at 51 Brattle St. Students should gather there 15 minutes before the scheduled departure, Page said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tradition Inspires July 4th Festivities | 7/4/1996 | See Source »

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