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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very glad to get a copy of the strong letter you sent to Neil Rudenstine about the Bonnie Honig appointment. I share your deep dismay, and wrote to Neil myself about the matter on April 21 (as soon as I heard the result), urging, as you do, that he reconsider the case. I have also advised Dean Jeremy Knowles about my serious concern. I hope your argument will prevail with President Rudenstine, since I too think the university--and our students--will be much the poorer without Bonnie Honig's presence on our faculty...
Seven billion, actually. And the mercurial software baron--who owes his success to a database-management program most Americans have never heard of--has taken full advantage of the fortune. For starters, Ellison could be a poster boy for Billionaire Chic. He drives expensive cars, loves beautiful women and jets off to exotic locations to sail his yacht. In Silicon Valley, where every day is casual Friday, the chairman of Oracle, based in San Mateo, Calif., dresses like the Prince of Wales. He shows up at industry functions in double-breasted suits, French cuffs and knuckle-size cuff links...
...play's length (two-and-a-half-hours) may seem daunting to some, the show is so skillfully realized and so well paced that the time is well spent. In the words of Queen Hippolyta in the fantastic final scene, "This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard!" But you will enjoy every minute...
Saunders, who said that he has heard rumors of the show being called "a back-flip on top of a dildo," added that it provokes "interesting and powerful conversations...
...have already heard the backlash from people saying DeGeneres wasn't very supportive of the gay community in your article. To them I say, "Let Ellen be who she is--an individual who has her own experiences and views of the gay community." Isn't that what we are all about--diversity and acceptance? To Ellen I say, "Congratulations, thank you for the laughs and welcome 'out.'" JOSEPH DEJULIO San Francisco...