Word: investments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...party was one of many in a hectic season of feminist nightlife in Manhattan. In April came Show, a living work of art by Vanessa Beecroft designed to humanize media images of female beauty and thus somehow invest women with power. The invitees gathered in the rotunda of the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan to view 15 bikini-clad models staring into space atop their high heels. But the glitziest affair in recent months was a reading of The Vagina Monologues, a performance piece about female private parts by Eve Ensler that attracted Uma Thurman, Winona Ryder and Calista Flockhart, among...
...computers and access the Internet. Despite the corporate partnerships that aim to provide Internet access, local school systems and libraries are still picking up the vast share of the tab. In Boston, we are proud to have been in a financial situation that has allowed us to invest more than $50 million in technology. Other cities are not so fortunate; should their children be left behind? Instead of throwing about buzz words about taxes, Congress, the Administration and the industry should discuss how to get the job done--and do it. THOMAS M. MENINO, Mayor Boston
...chintzy little hit from 1966 with a dopey pop-rock arrangement; the singer himself gives it the brush-off with his famous dooby-dooby-doo coda during the fade-out. But not everyone can start with What Is This Thing Called Love?, and even here Sinatra manages to invest the ticky-tacky lyrics--"Strangers in the night/ Exchanging glances/ Wondering in the night/ What were the chances"--with a palpable yearning that transcends, maybe even exalts its surroundings. I was hooked...
...financial strength of companies likeNike will remain the sole determinant of Harvard'sdecision to invest in them, and the sweat ofshoemakers will keep Harvard the wealthiestuniversity.Crimson File PhotoFRUSTRATED: ACSR member ALI AHSAN '99says a forum is needed to discuss the University'scontroversial holdings like Playboy and Nike...
That said, there are reasons to invest in the wonder-drug business. A potential huge payoff certainly is one. Last July, MedImmune's infant-pneumonia drug, Synagis, passed a significant clinical hurdle, and the stock shot from $15 to $55. More fundamentally, though, biotech stocks as a group have been woeful laggards for three years, and may represent the broadest base of value in today's sky-high stock market...