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Hall added that there will be television coverage by WGBH, and there will also be some "cable outfit...

Author: By Paveljit S. Bindra, | Title: As Every Year, Harvard Yard Gets Commencement Face Lift | 6/3/1991 | See Source »

...pattern has become familiar. The pair promoted a mining venture called Skylark Resources, whose stock traded at nearly $4 a share in 1987. The outfit soon crashed, and the stock is around 2 cents. NETI Technologies, a software $ company, was trumpeted in the press as "the next Xerox" and in 1984 rose to a market value of $120 million with Baybak's help. The company, which later collapsed, was delisted two months ago by the Vancouver exchange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mining Money in Vancouver | 5/6/1991 | See Source »

...ruthless Marie Antoinette who was the real power behind the President. She rejected her natural father, spied on her kids and lied about her age. In short, she was the Wicked Witch of the West and East coasts. "Believe it or not," says a fashion industry executive who helped outfit Nancy in Adolfo clothes, "Leona Helmsley was nicer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Lady And the Slasher | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

...gorges. Since bridge jumping is illegal throughout the country, these aerial pioneers usually staged jumps early in the morning or late at night to evade local sheriffs, hustling their gear beneath wraps whenever headlights approached. In 1988, after a pair of California engineers opened a commercial -- but unlicensed -- jumping outfit near San Francisco, bungee madness began to catch on in America, following the lead of New Zealand, Australia and France. "The first time I jumped, I was terrified," admits Emily Trask, 25, a Denver financial consultant and veteran of 15 jumps. "It's a great time, a natural high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bungee Jumping Comes of Age | 4/15/1991 | See Source »

Everywhere the green-white-red-and-black Kuwaiti flag, which had been outlawed during the occupation, fluttered from buildings, bridges and hats. A baby dressed in an outfit made from the flag was held up to be kissed by the liberators. A woman in black robes blew kisses at U.S. Marine Lieut. General Walt Boomer, who rode atop one of the troop carriers. "We'll never see anything like this again in our lifetime," Boomer declared. "Makes you appreciate freedom, doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kuwait: Free at Last! Free at Last! | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

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