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We’re sitting around a black veneered conference table at William Morris, the oldest of the Tinseltown talent agencies, watching no less than three promotional videos steeped in virtuous self-aggrandizement. The recruiting manager in the corner is adjusting his tie yet again, and the head agent is talking too fast to pause for breath between sentences...

Author: By Effie-michelle Metallidis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scenes From Harvardwood | 2/11/2005 | See Source »

...CHARD FARM Established in 1987, Chard Farm, tel: (64-3) 442 6110, is one of the oldest wineries in the Central Otago region, and its Finla Mor Pinot Noir 2002 is one of the best we have tasted. Fragrant and full bodied, it has a warm, generous palate with concentrated fruit flavors and a long finish. Order it online, for $23 a bottle, at www.chardfarm.co.nz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Reds Are Coming | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

...oldest and last-place Run-Up participant, Chico Scimone, who finished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Feb. 14, 2005 | 2/6/2005 | See Source »

...Each person has a mission on earth. My mission was to prove that women who want to have children can do it." ADRIANA ILIESCU, 66-year-old Romanian thought to be the world's oldest mother, on giving birth last week to a daughter, Eliza Maria, after nine years of fertility treatment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 1/23/2005 | See Source »

When Kweisi Mfume took the helm of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) in 1996, the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization was in crisis. Mired in debt and stung by a sex scandal involving ousted executive director Benjamin Chavis, the group needed a leader who could restore its credibility. Mfume, a five-term Democratic Congressman from Baltimore, stepped up to the challenge. Through a campaign of corporate sponsorship, he erased the group's $3.2 million in debt and stockpiled $15 million in cash reserves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recharging The Mission | 1/10/2005 | See Source »

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