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...pig. "The best kind of deal is one that works out well for both sides," says Sumner Redstone, CEO of Viacom. AutoNation chairman H. Wayne Huizenga says, "You never know when you'll find yourself sitting across the negotiating table from that person again." In market terms: Forget the last fraction. Pigs get slaughtered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mogul Moments | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

Finally, something seriously Irish without St. Paddy's undertones. The S^Pig's Dyke," a play in Irish folk tradition by Vincent Woods. A mixture of dance, music, and rhyming present "the struggles and hopes of a family torn apart by sectarian violence and tribal hatred." The Boston Center for the Arts. 539 Tremont St. 426-0320. March 19-April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEDNESDAY MAR 24 | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

...cabin Thoreau built in 1845 and lived in for two years on Walden Pond, south of town, was sold during his lifetime and disassembled to patch a barn and roof a pig sty. But the site is marked by a cairn of rocks, started by Bronson Alcott after Thoreau died in 1862 and supplemented over the years by reverent visitors. Nearby, a facsimile of Thoreau's tiny, spartan home reflects his belief that freedom lay in simplicity. "I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself," he wrote, "than be crowded on a velvet cushion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family: Little Concord's Literary Largesse | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...next tough transition was crossing Iraq. I was shot down twice over the stupid no-fly zone! I finally arrived in Kyrgyzstan only to realize I did not speak Kyrgyzstani. No problem. The client had an escort waiting for me at the port, and he spoke flawless pig Latin, the global language of choice for consultants...

Author: By Baratunder Thurston, | Title: How to Help an International Drug Cartel in Three Easy Steps | 2/16/1999 | See Source »

...burned" by hearing the movie repeatedly called Stoppardian. He says, "In terms of the story, structure and the language--I accomplished that in my screenplay." But both men confirm that many of the jokes that dazzle past--the Stratford-upon-Avon mug; the pub waiter offering a special of "pig's foot marinated in juniper vinegar served on a buckwheat pancake"--are indeed Stoppard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Scene Stealers | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

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