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...whole thing was a joke. It wasn't. A Warner spokesman said the studio meant to acknowledge the Friends when the series went into reruns in September, but was a bit tardy. Late last week the studio gave them what the spokesman would characterize only as "a very, very generous gift." Still, next year's negotiations for a seventh season may make the NBA talks look like a church picnic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angered by Faint Praise, Friends Get Steamed | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

Returning to the University the money he won from the Wendell Scholarship his first year, he is paying the orchestra members for their time, creating a new standard in the Harvard pits which is usually staffed by under-rehearsed, if generous, volunteers. Likening parts to "the romantic climaxes of West Side Story" and others to "Jaws 20 years before its time," Allanbrook Jr. emphasizes Ethan Frome's unique ability to "bring down the idea that opera is a rarified musical form" because it is "accessible and unified--as music and theater should be when put together...

Author: By Carla A. Blackmar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ETHAN FROME | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

Harvard renamed the Widener Library Reading Room for benefactor Katherine B. Loker in a Friday afternoon ceremony celebrating her generous contribution last April to the library's renovation...

Author: By Bree Z. Tollinger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Reading Room Named For Library Benefactor | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

Harvard's interests enjoy bipartisan support, and administrators are confident that the newly elected 106th Congress will be as generous as their predecessors...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Elections Won't Affect Harvard | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

...location that serves more than the occasional walk-in or rowdy B.U. student and translate her upscale sushi into a more upscale total dining experience. For the time being, one hopes the prices will remain unsullied by her upscale impulse. The kitchen serves only sushi, but the portions are generous, the quality impressive and the prices relatively low. On top of it all, the maitre d' answers every question with an almost exultatory "Yes!" Yes, indeed...

Author: By Rebecca U. Weiner, | Title: Kama Sushi | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

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