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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Threads of Dissent" tapestry exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Oct. 22,1999-Jan. 30, 2000) is either a contradiction in terms or a play on words. The show brings together modern tapestries by six contemporary artists--Murray Walker, Lilian Tyrrell, Leon Golub, Edward Derwent, Wojciech Jaskolka, and Jorge Pardo--who use the antiquated medium of tapestry-making as a vehicle for social commentary. Although criticisms of modern society is touted as the exhibition's concept, the show in reality places more emphasis on 'descent' rather than 'dissent'--more preoccupied with showcasing the at times overly-forced geneology connecting...

Author: By Teri Wang, | Title: Threads of Dissent | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...Within the past two years the FDA has approved the use of lasers in fixing cavities. On the cosmetic side, lasers can be used to whiten teeth by activating bleaching compounds, and to remove gum tissue and reshape the gum line. "Lasers have dramatically changed dentistry," says Dr. Jeff Golub-Evans, a leading New York City cosmetic dentist. "The things we can do with them are spectacular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetic Surgery: Light Makes Right | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

WHOM YOU'LL SEE Bob Dole, Scott McNealy, Linda Wachner, Harvey Golub, Steve Case, Lou Gerstner, Richard Meier, Dr. Ian Wilmut and Colin Powell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Camps | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

...Golub's most ambitious plan so far remains only a gleam in his eye. He wants to transform the credit-card business by plugging U.S. banks into the American Express network and thereby enabling the lenders to issue Amex credit cards. That's the last thing Visa and MasterCard want to see happen, and they've stymied Golub with bylaws that prevent their U.S. bank partners from offering other cards. Golub may get some help from the Justice Department, which is reportedly investigating the competitive behavior of the two big credit-card associations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Express: Charge! | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...which are not bound by the U.S. bylaws, in a drive to boost foreign business from 30% of the company's total to 50% within a decade. Such banks as Britain's NatWest and France's Credit Lyonnais now put their names on American Express cards. As a result, Golub says, the number of merchants that accept American Express plastic outside the U.S. "is coming up rapidly." That means the card will be even less exclusive than ever, but Amex has learned that it no longer pays to thumb its nose at the masses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Express: Charge! | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

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