Word: mater
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some respects, alma mater in Anno Domini 2000 will look pretty much the way she does now. "Madonna reinvents herself every season," is the dry observation of Sheldon Hackney, president of the University of Pennsylvania. "Universities are much more stable." Nonetheless, experts foresee quite a few changes -- good as well as bad -- for America's diverse complex of private and public institutions of higher learning. Items...
...literature on the relatively new world of the VCR, Tom Jones is a near-perfect piece of art which had been shoved off into some dark corner while cheap comedies go from the studio cutting floor to the movie theaters then to a video store shelf in a mater of days...
Clark began showcasing his comedic talents while studying acting at Boston's Emerson College, alma mater of fellow comedians Steven Wright and Jay Leno...
Beyond this effort to shore up the publishing side, insiders expect Levin to make few sharp changes in Time Warner's direction -- at least not quickly. "He'll discuss, he'll debate," says Michael Fuchs, chairman and CEO of Home Box Office, Levin's corporate alma mater. "Jerry's style is not to make dramatic moves. He's a plodder with a lot of patience. He has the most long- term view in the company...
...GETS TO CHEER for many famous alumni in the public eye. Paul E. Wylie '91, who won the silver medal in men's figure skating last week, is one of them. Presidents, authors, musicians, philosophers, doctors and lawyers abound. But students don't often get to cheer our alma mater to the gold--or close to the gold...