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Harvard faculty comprised four of the five panelists who debated the issue in a Boston Public Library fundraiser at the posh Bostonian Hotel last night...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Harvard Minds Debate Person of Century | 12/6/1995 | See Source »

...selling off acquisitions at a profit--through a private sale or a public stock offering. Investcorp certainly spends money like a billionaires' bank. An eight-story headquarters in Bahrain (Investcorp House) is complemented not only by the premises on New York's Park Avenue but also by posh offices in London's Mayfair district. White-uniformed butlers glide around serving executives catered gourmet lunches at their desks. Many clients receive annual invitations to conferences like one held in July at New York's Waldorf-Astoria. In 1992, on the occasion of its 10th anniversary, Investcorp threw a lavish party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTCORP: ALL THAT GLITTERS... | 11/6/1995 | See Source »

...curiosity known as environmental theater. Song of Singapore was set in a lavish nightclub in 1941. For Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding you went to church, then to a restaurant. When Tamara came to New York, visitors wandered through an armory and were fed by the chefs of the posh eatery Le Cirque...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WANNA BUY A DUCK--FOR $150? | 10/23/1995 | See Source »

...solution. "It was natural for me," she says, "to want to disappear into a dark theater." Soon she had the poise that would bloom into a regal grace under pressure in Dead Calm, Days of Thunder (where she met Cruise) and Billy Bathgate, as Dutch Schultz's posh girlfriend--her sharpest movie role before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AN ACTRESS TO DIE FOR | 10/9/1995 | See Source »

Does innocent, charitable CityStep have a chance against these rascals? They've just started advertising, even though they have several points in their favor: a) their ball is at a posh hotel, b) it's indoors and c) they're not subsidizing the Lester Lanin Orchestra's continuing existence...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: DO WE HAVE BALLS! | 9/30/1995 | See Source »

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