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...color palette of the room is predominantly black and eggshell white, lending a clean, modern feel. Their full-size vintage GE refrigerator in one corner of the room adds a certain old fashioned charm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: individual style | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

...trend gained momentum last September when GE Capital, the finance arm of General Electric, announced it would slap a $25 annual penalty on holders of its GE Rewards MasterCard who did not accrue interest-bearing debt. Since then, issuers have come up with a slew of punitive measures--er, fees--that squeeze responsible cardholders as well as slackers. Just two years ago, no company charged a late fee of more than $18; today almost half do. Even grace periods are shrinking from the average 25 to 30 days to 20 days, which means some customers could get hit with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodbye, Freebies--Hello, Fees | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

There were carefully calibrated emotional appeals too. "Jack Welch told me this was one of the products GE is most proud of," Seinfeld says. Rather than be concerned that his show was being lumped in with light bulbs and missile parts, the comedian was moved. "That affects me," he says. "I like that the people who own the show take pride in it." The meeting ended warmly but inconclusively. Seinfeld and his managers continued to talk, walking around the city's Upper West Side, discussing pros and cons. They returned to Los Angeles that night without having made a final...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: It's All About Timing | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

Xiangsan Liang brought up cultural differences that Chinese students face in a foreign country as well in a reference to Hailei Ge, a Chinese graduate student who committed suicide early December...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Long Way From Home | 1/5/1998 | See Source »

With great sorrow, the Harvard Chinese Students and Scholars Association (HCSSA) mourns the tragic loss of Hailei Ge, a fellow Chinese student in computer science who just came to Harvard and this country two months ago. Hailei died in an apparent suicide; his death sent shock waves through Chinese communities across the nation. We hope a lesson can be learned from this heart-wrenching tragedy. In this letter, we will address several issues pertinent to Harvard University, offer some suggestions and look forward to working constructively with the school to improve the present conditions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dear President Rudenstine: | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

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