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Main courses are similarly diverse, both in terms of their geographic heritage and their gastronomic success. The fried shrimp scatter ($15.95), an abundance of battered shrimp (think the entire contents of Bubba’s boat from Forrest Gump dumped into a deep-frier) served with remoulade and cocktail dipping sauces as well as french fries and coleslaw, was top-notch. A Cobb salad ($11.50) was tremendous in more ways that one, a fresh and vibrant mountain of different colors, tastes and textures. Herb-crusted salmon, however, was disgustingly oversized, eerily suggesting that the fish had been raised...

Author: By Anthony S. A. freinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Industrialists of the World, Unite | 12/5/2002 | See Source »

...catchphrases sum up the 1990s: Bill Clinton's "It depends on what the meaning of the word is is," Forrest Gump's "Life is like a box of chocolates"--and Jeremy Siegel's "stocks for the long run." Siegel, 56, a professor at Wharton, turned his catchphrase into the title of a best-selling 1994 book, in which he showed that stocks had trounced bonds and cash over every 30-year period from Thomas Jefferson to William Jefferson Clinton. Siegel's book coincided with--and helped fuel--a long bull market, and America became a buy-and-hold nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Cause for Caution on Stocks | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

...their net worth to invest in stocks. Now he thinks that 75% to 80% in stocks, with the rest in high-yield bonds and tips, is enough. A hedge against the chance of low stock returns is now imperative. No matter what history suggests, remember the rest of Gump's phrase: "You never know what you're gonna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Cause for Caution on Stocks | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

Over the last decade, which two kinds of created-for-film characters have achieved the most critical and popular success? The answer: single parents (think Erin Brockovich) and the mentally challenged (à la Rain Man and Forrest Gump). If you were to blend both character types for the lead role, you would get a surefire hit, right...

Author: By William K. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: sam, i am | 2/1/2002 | See Source »

Jordan has also served as President and CEO of the National Urban League. He is currently a legal counsel with the firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Vernon Jordan Speaks at ARCO | 11/27/2001 | See Source »

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