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...Billig was fired from two private-sector positions before he went to Bethesda. But he could have found another job in a private hospital and still be practicing. The lesson to be learned from this episode reflects not just on the military but on the entire medical community. Joyce Gelfond, M.D. San Antonio...
...premium prices. For an industry stung by a 4% drop in attendance last year and probably steeper drops this year, according to box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations Co., it may be a compelling sales pitch. "We're ready for prime time," says IMAX co-chairman and co-CEO Richard Gelfond. "It's almost a no-brainer...
Going smaller is the strategy devised by IMAX's co-CEOs, Bradley Wechsler, 46, and Richard Gelfond, 42, two former investment bankers who were part of a group that acquired IMAX for $90 million in 1994. They saw in the Canadian firm a sleepy moneymaker. IMAX, founded in 1967, was "run like a candy store by its five original founders," says Wechsler. "There was really no business discipline." Since then, revenues have doubled, to $158.5 million in 1997, while profits have increased, to $20.7 million from a loss of $11.6 million in 1994. In the first quarter, revenues were...
...Gelfond and Sharon L. Wing '97 began the Women in Philosophy group last September precisely to combat this problem...
...really pleased to be able to listen to her talk because she is [the foremost] ancient philosophy professor, [and] especially since it would be my last opportunity before she goes to Cambridge," said Rebecca J. K. Gelfond...