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...Three to Tango, Perry plays Oscar Novak, a slightly neurotic architect who, along with his flamboyant partner Peter (Oliver Platt), is on the cusp of landing a major restoration project that could ignite his professional career. First though, he must win the confidence of self-absorbed millionaire Charles Newman (Dylan McDermott--all GQ cover, no personality), a powerful tycoon with the face of an underwear model and the disposition of a shark. Charles has a wife. He also has a mistress named Amy (Campbell), an energetic, free-spirited artist who specializes in glass sculptures. Charles is the jealous type...

Author: By William Gienapp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: You Know the Steps to This Tango | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...they've been a little bit late to the I-party, losing critical market share to Sun in the server business and playing catch-up with its highly touted e-services offerings. "Clearly, we need to reinvigorate things here," said Fiorina upon taking the reins from outgoing CEO Lewis Platt, who nevertheless drove HP's sales to $47 billion and its stock price to a record high of $118 a share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Glass Ceiling? | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

Hewlett-Packard is getting out of the business it began with: making measuring devices. "Sentimentally, it was a very hard decision," says CEO Lew Platt--not least because "I spent more than half my career in measurements." But measuring devices had come to account for only 17% of HP's volume, and a collapse in Asian markets turned them into a drag on overall profits. Those now come mainly from computers and related equipment, but HP got into that field as a kind of sideline and, with its attention divided, has long been regarded as trailing more innovative rivals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strategies For Survival | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...This is our big, public event of the year," said Peter D. Platt '00, a member of the recycling subcommittee of EAC. "We want to raise student awareness about environmental issues...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: EAC Sponsors Earth Day Festival | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...Platt donned a garbage can as a costume to raise awareness about recycling on campus. He realized the peril of the dress, though, when two fifth-graders asked if they could throw their watermelon rinds away in his costume...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: EAC Sponsors Earth Day Festival | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

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