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...project often stalled because of suppliers. For instance, deliv- ery of the end-grained Texas mesquite flooringfor the entrance lobby was delayed by a heat wavein the South that slowed production. Confined by arelatively short time frame and the summer surgein construction, Randall says, "In the future, Iwould prefer projects that don't end in August,when everyone is trying to finish construction atthe same time." The price tag for the entireproject, including planning and constructioncosts, came to 8.3 million dollars...

Author: By Stephen G. Henry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Brand New Boylston | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...Stevey started out writing arrogant articles for Chicago zines. (He was also in a New Wave band, but he'd probably prefer that you didn't know that.) As a zine writer, Albini demanded "independence, self-determination, absolute total honesty and common sense" from bands and was always ready to write some off as sellouts. In 1982, he formed Big Black. Big Black is a band you've probably never heard of. Steve likes it this way. After a couple years of touring and a couple albums, Big Black broke up because too maybe people liked them. Meaning about...

Author: By Benjamin L. Mckean, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Steve Albini Primer for the Young Folk | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

There is an old saying that if you give a family a fist, you feed them for a day. If you teach them how to fish, you feed them for life. Paul Cellucci, it seems, would prefer to do neither...

Author: By Jean W. Galbraith, | Title: A Second Try for Mothers in Need | 10/27/1998 | See Source »

...Papa John's sauce comes from canned rather than fresh tomatoes--Pizza Hut's sauce is packed in sealed plastic bags--and that Papa John's mushrooms are canned. (Pizza Hut's are fresh.) An unembarrassed Schnatter is switching to fresh mushrooms throughout the Papa John's chain. "I prefer canned mushrooms," he says with a straight face. "But the consumer prefers fresh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slice, Dice and Devour | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...because of their strategic importance in protecting against foreign attack is one of many obstacles, along with Netanyahu's acrobatic effort to appease the Israeli far right while brokering a pull-out from Israeli-occupied territory. Meanwhile, Palestinian negotiating potential has been damaged by the acts of extremists who prefer tactics of terror to dealing peaceably with the Israelis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peace by Peace | 10/21/1998 | See Source »

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