Word: golds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...less splendid was the spirit that flooded forth. Before the B.C. High game, I had joined my classmates in the school lobby. We painted our faces blue and gold--the M.C. colors--and dubbed ourselves the "Lancer Loonies." We roped off a section of the Brother Gilbert Stadium bleachers and designated it "The Looney...
...matter, she calmly reflects. "There really isn't much else to do with your money besides the stock market. There's no money in CDs or in the banks. And gold is ridiculous." Doroshow is emblematic of the massive faith in stocks that has gripped individuals across the country. Macie Huwiler, a Chicago advertising executive, is another such investor. "I'm one of those people who are basically blase" about the market, she says. "Virtually everything I have is in my 401(k), and since I can't touch any of it, I sort of figure, what the hell. There...
...state dinner for Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Thursday was Mitchell's 51st birthday; the duo had planned to slip away to a hotel in the Virginia countryside, where they got married in April. But both were so exhausted that they decided to stay home. Alan presented Andrea with a gold necklace ("I was amazed he had the time to shop," she says). Meanwhile, Mitchell fixed dinner in their northwest Washington home. After feasting on pasta, salad and chocolate cake, the chairman of the Federal Reserve did the dishes. Unlike the chairman's other activities, it had no effect on world...
...original art on the walls. A vintage yellow icebox opens to reveal liqueurs, whiskeys and port glasses. On top sits the couple's decanter collection. This one is Danish, 1890s; these two are French, 1920s. Duke Ellington's jazz floats from the bedroom, and Sam's latest purchase, a gold jacquard smoking jacket, hangs behind the door. Caitlin, an ad copywriter for Bon Appetit, stirs the polenta, while Sam, who works with a caterer favored by fashion shoots, serves goat cheese on pizza bianca. The two have a dinner party at least three times a month. "Never pasta...
...gold is Field's. His father owned the Chicago-based Marshall Field's department stores, leaving him a fortune. A ponytailed, multimillionaire socialite, Ted Field enjoyed the usual rich-boy playthings--racing cars and producing films--but chafed at his playboy image. Bored with collecting dividend checks, he asked his friend U2 manager Paul McGuinness about getting into the record business. "You can have all the money in the world and be the unhappiest guy in the world," says Field. "I wanted to do something that meant something in my life." And what would that be? Making hard-core...