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...firm's internal troubles burst into the open, management pushed Perella to take its side. The vice chairman chose instead to take a hike, becoming the biggest name in a string of high-profile departures that have stunned Wall Street, leaving investors and clients to wonder whether more Morgan bankers will head for the hills...
...students and faculty demonstrated against the presence of a Playboy magazine representative shopping for willing student bodies for a picture spread called "Girls of the PAC-10." At the University of Texas at Austin, 2,000 students marched to the state capitol building to protest a proposed tuition hike. The Reagan Administration's proposed 20% cut in student loans and grants, which has stimulated protests, also seems to have catalyzed more general student dissent and discontent...
...first there was little hope of a Reagan reversal. When Vice President George Bush sat in for Reagan at a meeting with Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee, Spark Matsunaga of Hawaii asked if a convalescent Reagan might be open to the idea of a tax hike. Replied Bush: "Sparky, he didn't have a lobotomy; he had a cancer operation." Reagan told a reporter who asked about the oil fee, "I'm not for any taxes." But White House aides put out the word that the President, in what could prove a major concession, would go along with...
...Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder working distilleries in Scotland, roughly half are in the Spey Valley, and 28 of those open their doors to the public during festival time...
...Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder International Cricket Council's announcement last month that after 96 years at Lord's, "the home of cricket" in London, it would move its base to Dubai. Wisden is keeping up with the changes. The annual has been compiling the game's records, arbitrating...