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...started singing before she could talk, serenading her toes in a language of her own invention. As a toddler in Sacramento, she crooned to the dogs and cats. One day, while Bob noodled on the piano, Adele noticed that Molly was la-la-ing with bang-on pitch and phrasing. Soon she was on the stage of the California State Fair, her dad's band backing her, and belting out You Gotta See Momma Every Night or You Won't See Momma at All. The audience gave this three-year-old a standing O, and Bob told the crowd, "Someday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Well, Hello Molly Ringwald! | 5/26/1986 | See Source »

Because so many of the acquisitions are taking place among the largest agencies, a top tier is developing of superheavyweights that are several times as large as most other companies in the industry. Rankings in Advertis- ing Age, a leading trade journal, show that the ten largest U.S. agencies controlled about $27 billion in advertising billings last year. That is nearly 17% of the $162 billion that was spent on ads around the world. The leader was New York City-based Young & Rubicam, with 1985 billings of $3.57 billion, followed by the Ogilvy Group ($3.3 billion), Ted Bates Worldwide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heavy- Duty Mergers | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...computer privilege has allowed students to set up a telecommunications conference. "Confer-ing" enables students to discuss, via computer, different topics or "items" with others in the conference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: class cuts | 4/26/1986 | See Source »

...Confer-ing" is not just for computer science jocks. Less than 60 percent of confers are computer science or engineering majors. "Teleconferencing and electronic mail are the only things you can do on computers without knowing anything about them," Jun explained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: class cuts | 4/26/1986 | See Source »

...question is especially popular now: "When you're `confer-ing,' do you prefer the act or do you prefer cuddling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: class cuts | 4/26/1986 | See Source »

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