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Berens recommended redirecting the ventilation exhaust in a vertical direction, replacing the kitchen and dishwasher exhaust fans with quieter models and building one-foot-high barriers to surround and muffle fan noise...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Faculty Club Too Noisy, Neighbors Say | 2/26/1997 | See Source »

...moguls are like teenagers: they want movies with big kicks and fast returns. That makes the slow-fuse payoff of the quieter people pictures anathema. "Normal thinking at the studios is if audiences aren't there the first weekend, they're not coming," says Gramercy's Russell Schwartz. "But our films have to be discovered. We live by word of mouth." And Oscar has the biggest mouth around. The day after the nominations were announced, the box office for Shine jumped 40% from the previous Wednesday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: INDEPENDENTS' DAY | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...retirement, she came in to work seven days a week. Jon was very much a presence, "this screaming madman running around the office, shouting obscenities about everyone and everything," recalls former employee Travis. Robin, who had run the magazine and maintained a valuable library of atheist books, was much quieter and reputedly much brighter, but capable of answering back in kind. During working hours, says American Atheists officer and longtime Murray-O'Hair friend Arnold Via, "they didn't bother one another unless they wanted to get into another's throats," in which case, screaming fights ensued. Inevitably, however, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHERE'S MADALYN? | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

...richest rookie contract in history. Football's rebel enhanced his hip image by sporting a gold earring and blond Mohawk haircut. The athletic career of "the Boz," however, was as short-lived as it was meteoric. He retired at 25, sidelined by a shoulder injury. He segued into a quieter career, acting. In January he will star in Lawless, a new private-detective series set in South Beach. Says he: "I am very much an extrovert when it comes to being in the spotlight. I need that attention to kind of rev my motor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Oct. 28, 1996 | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

While alcohol sales once contributed the lion's share of profits, Poulos says he raised prices on drinks to establish a quieter dining atmosphere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eef and Bee Not All Nick Serves | 10/19/1996 | See Source »

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