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...with a war raging in the Persian Gulf, that small, quiet center is taking on larger, more public dimensions. Scholars there say they have received phone calls and interview requests nonstop since the conflict began two weeks...

Author: By Lan N. Nguyen, | Title: Middle Eastern Studies: Entering the Limelight | 1/31/1991 | See Source »

...busy to pose for a publicity picture for the campaign. JAL estimates that the ad inviting young Japanese to go "New Yorking" could attract 23,000 tourists and bring $73 million to the city. In print and TV spots, JAL portrays New York City as a nonthreatening, nonstop party town. Apologetic city officials say they don't have a record of the request. The incident has left airline executives feeling nostalgic about ex-Mayor Ed Koch, who would "always take a moment to pose for a picture with our people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did He Forget That L.A. Is Closer? | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

...both its parents. In looks the merger retains more of M, but, as the first issue's cover signals, the sensibility is pure Manhattan, inc. It proclaims POWER BROKERS in letters 1 1/2 in. high and names 11 of them (10 men and Madonna). Inside is an almost nonstop stream of gossip, scuttlebutt and awestruck praise about the rich and famous, including 65 miniprofiles of such figures as financier Michael-David Weil and Hollywood superagent Mike Ovitz. The prose is burnished, but not much of the dish is fresh, save for two first-rate pieces -- one by Ernest Volkman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: A Muchness of Maleness | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

...creator Burns has suddenly become a star. The phone in his home in Walpole, N.H., has been ringing almost nonstop. When he drove into nearby Windsor, Vt., last Tuesday, people on a street corner cheered. "That doesn't happen to documentary filmmakers," he says. Though surprised at the outpouring, Burns finds it explicable. "I have a healthy respect for the power of the Civil War as a subject to command this kind of attention and emotion. It's our great traumatic event, and now we seem to be all collectively reliving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Civil War Comes Home | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

...from satellites or to communicate with submarine commanders. The plane (the second one will be ready next June) replaces the Boeing 707s in use since 1962. The President's quarters include an office that converts to a medical emergency room and a dining room. It flies 7,000 miles nonstop and, with aerial refueling, can stay aloft nearly three days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: As for the Almonds . . . | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

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