Word: lloyds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bill Zeliff (R-N.H.) demanded that former Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen explain why he apparently did nothing to deter federal agents under his jurisdiction from using tear gas at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, even after his deputy, Roger Altman, had warned of "the risks of a tragedy" in a memo. "Isn't this an alarm crying out for some responsible action?" Zeliff asked. "Didn'tRoger Altmansound the alarm?" Bentsen responded: "The responsibility at that point was the Justice Department and the FBI. That was their jurisdiction. I had other responsibilities to attend to. I thought...
...good people of Wisconsin have always had mixed feelings about one of their best-known native sons. They took pride in the achievements and fame of Frank Lloyd Wright, arguably the 20th century's most original architect, who died in 1959 at 91. Yet they also deplored his bohemian life-style, his arrogance and bombast, his leftist politics and above all his predilection for scandal. In 1909, to cite one notorious example, he abandoned his first wife and their six children to carry on a flagrant affair with a client's spouse. One result of Wisconsin's ambivalence: while...
...cleared the project of contributing to water pollution. As for the cost, advocates believe convention business will generate some $20 million a year in revenue for Madison, even though the Terrace itself will operate at a loss. "People will flock from as far away as Tokyo to see Frank Lloyd Wright's last building," predicts Governor Thompson. "It's going to be a centerpiece...
Enrollment lower than a professor expected canalso be a problem, says Gleason Professor of FineArts Neil Levine, who taught the large courseLiterature and Arts B-33, "Frank Lloyd Wright,"this spring...
...miles off Broadway, at the MGM Grand, in a desert stopover called Las Vegas. Well, somebody has to put on musical spectacles, and Vegas has a dozen or so. This year, while Manhattan's mainstream theaters could find only a single original tune show--and that, Lloyd Webber's Sunset Blvd., was an import from London and Los Angeles--Vegas' casino hotels are proving that the old form still has sass, vibrancy and audience appeal. And size. And how! Four big productions will have opened by Memorial Day: EFX, the magic show Spellbound, a permanent edition of The Great Radio...