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The Classic (Premedicus Backstabus)--This notorious species of premed, feared by all phyla of preprofessionals, violates all codified premed mores. They fiendishly slice out copies of past years' final exams from library bound volumes, using scalpels smuggled from their labs. They magnetize videotapes of past lectures. These future physicians have...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: Tracking the Indigenous Premed | 1/7/1991 | See Source »

The wonder is that he can avoid cheap, garish dyes in an inexpensive line. In his current collection, prices run from $75 to $300 apiece, and he is about to launch a cheaper one called But Gordon. He got the idea for his label from the human traffic that courses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: But Gordon, I Want It All: Gordon Henderson | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

All but two of the victims were apparently plucked at random from the countryside surrounding Matamoros. They included Kilroy, a premed major who vanished March 14 after a night of spring-break revelry in the town's cantinas. At 2 a.m. he was lured toward a pickup truck by a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cult of The Red-Haired Devil | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

While a premed student at UCLA, Ovitz worked part time at Universal Studios. After graduating in 1968, he landed a job in the mail room at the William Morris agency. Within a year, he was promoted to agent. Six years later, he and four other young colleagues quit to form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pocketful Of Stars: Michael Ovitz | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

Eisner had been a latecomer as a Disney fan. Growing up on Manhattan's Park Avenue, he seldom watched TV or went to the movies. Eisner's parents -- his father a lawyer-entrepreneur and his mother the president of a medical- research institute -- strictly rationed his pop-culture consumption. Recalls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do You Believe In Magic? | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

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