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...stores like one would walk through museums." After graduating from U.C.L.A. in 1997 with a dual degree in history and art history, she apprenticed at a lingerie company, where she learned that "it takes 38 pieces to construct a bra." Then her father Zach, who has a computer business, lent her money to help form a company. "We never thought she'd work so hard. She even stayed home last Saturday night, which she didn't used to do during school exams," says Zach, who often talks shop with his daughter at 5:30 a.m. while...
...grievances between Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo 320,616,000 minutes (since 1389) / Length of time between Clinton¹s acquittal and his proposal to use force to enforce an armistice in Kosovo 1,440 minutes / Tulane University students celebrate Mardi Gras for 10,080 minutes / Time left in lent 6,480 minutes / Time it took cosmologists to affirm that the universe won¹t collapse 8,640 minutes / The year of the rabbit has been going on for 1,658,880 minutes / Overboard, starring Goldie Hawn, runs 106 minutes / hasty Pudding Theatricals¹s Woman of the Year parade...
...forlorn. In her 38 years with Time Inc., the last four as chief of reporters for TIME, Dorion stayed late on Fridays, arrived early on Saturdays and could be counted on the rest of the week to dole out assignments, advice and M&M's. Her efficiency and omniscience lent order to an often chaotic office. "Marta was involved in every step we took each week, from the reporting to transmitting pages to the plants. We're holding our breath to see if we'll get out our next issue," says managing editor Walter Isaacson. "I had a great...
When Neil L. Rudenstine took the University's helm in 1991, Harvard lent him a bright yellow mansion on posh Brattle Street for free. But even though Rudenstine lives on University property without rent, he borrowed $176,000 from Harvard for a mortgage...
UNSCOM's spying activities began in earnest in 1992, when the U.N. sent out a call for help from member states in tracking Saddam's chemical- and biological-weapons activities. In response, the U.S. Air Force lent the U.N. a U-2 spy plane and crew and provided highly detailed photos from its KH-12 spy satellites orbiting above Iraq. According to UNSCOM head Richard Butler, the U.S. was not alone: 40 or more other nations contributed. Many have sent intelligence and weaponry experts to serve on the inspection teams. France, Britain and Russia did so--with Russia even sending...