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Victoria L. Holloway '90, president of the orchestra, said that the concert attendance of 210 was better than expected. Vosgerchian's appearance, she said, was part of the group's recent attempt to heighten its quality and attract renowned outside soloists...
Nonetheless, the controversy surrounding her children may be one reason why Graham has been hard pressed to hold her City Council seat in recent years. In 1983, she was one of four candidates for City Council to be elected solely from first choice votes on the city's preferential ballot. In the 1985 election, she barely managed to retain her position, coming in last among the nine seats on the Council...
With the American sweet tooth ever aching for fulfillment, it is no wonder that the role of the pastry chef has become more glamorous and more highly paid in recent years. At the Culinary Arts Division of Johnson & Wales University in Providence, a two-year pastry program that began with 13 students in 1983 now has 208 who are learning to perfect such all-American favorites as cheesecake (the choice of one out of four restaurant dessert eaters), apple pie, fruit tarts and chocolate everything. "Making pastry requires creativity," says Arlene Chorney, an administrator at the school. "It's edible...
Still, his opponents are gaining ground. Last week a Washington Post poll indicated that 49% of probable voters favored the gun law, compared with 44% who opposed it. Following the N.R.A.'s recent success defeating a gun bill in Congress, a victory in Maryland would show that the powerful lobby can blow away gun control even when it gets past a legislature...
...firm 1% to 2% of the purchase price for handling the transaction. But the really big money rolls in when KKR starts to sell off divisions of the companies it acquires. So far, KKR has taken in $7 billion by unloading parts of Beatrice. In recent years the investors in KKR's buyout funds have earned annual returns of about 30%. Says James George, manager of Oregon's $9 billion public-employee retirement fund, which has invested $640 million with KKR: "The secret of KKR's success is that it makes an awful lot of money for its partners." Agrees...