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...first year, and a staff reporter at The New York Times makes several hundred thousand dollars. In this magical kingdom, a partner at Sullivan and Cromwell earns $25,000 a year, and similarly those at Smith Barney, Bear Stearns, McKinsey and the others receive a meager $30,000 salary. Would Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Columbia Law Schools still attract enough students to fill next year's incoming class? Would the same percentage of Harvard seniors still decide to undergo recruiting? In sum, would these corporate-America professions still have an appeal without their reputation for money-making...
Drivers already have meager profits, said taxi operator Charles Joujoute, who in a typical day "works 12 hours or more and only brings home...
Summoning my meager journalistic talents, I throw him a few softballs to loosen him up, and surprisingly, it works--except now he's sending me wildly conflicting messages. He tells me that the pipes aren't intended for illicit drug consumption, but that what people do in their homes is their business. When I ask if the company is endorsing a presidential candidate, he says Graffix has no political agenda. On the other hand, he clarifies, the election is "something we're monitoring." When he asserts that Graffix doesn't "recommend" smoking tobacco, I press him on the point, inquiring...
...arrival as part of a publicity blitz for the July 30 opening of its Primate Panorama, which will house 200 animals on seven nature-like acres. Denver isn't alone in putting its best paw forward to lure more visitors. Attendance at the nation's animal houses has posted meager gains of late, as rival amusements have drawn customers away. So zoos are stressing such celebrity attractions as gorillas and bears. "They are putting their star animals on pedestals," says zoo consultant Scott Schultz. The strategy is paying off. For 1995-96 the Denver Zoo expects to reap...
...once did the governor attack Kerry's personal life, including his record of meager charitable giving. Meanwhile, the senator likened Weld to Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) only once...