Word: riches
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...gonna be a big deal,” jokes Alison H. Rich ’09. A veteran of the Harvard stage, she is preparing to take New York City by storm. “No,” she amends, “but I am going to move to New York and just start auditioning and see where all that takes me. I feel like I’ve wanted to be an actor for so long that I’m just over being afraid of it. I’m just going...
...with many family firms, there's more than a little drama too. The Snyders had two sons: Rich, who became a born-again Christian, and Guy, who worshipped fast cars and hard drugs. Rich took over the business but died in a plane crash in 1993. Guy then led the company until his Elvis-like accidental overdose...
...Pacific Symphony in Southern California's Orange County won't be playing the sounds of silence anytime soon, thanks to the Farmers & Merchants Bank, one of many corporate benefactors. "The arts are a very rich part of the fabric of a region, and these organizations depend on companies like ours for support," explains Henry Walker, the family-owned institution's executive vice president, who sits on the symphony's board. "We feel we have a responsibility to them...
...It’s not like a cult; it’s just like any other sport.” Slaughter, though pleased with lacrosse’s popularity, disagreed with Valsi’s cultural assessment. “Lacrosse isn’t a rich kid, preppy thing or just a hanging out thing. That’s not the attitude the teams take,” he said. “I don’t think that’s what the sport’s about.” Nevertheless, he said he expects...
With its dark wood benches, plush blue carpeting and rich ornamental details, the second-floor courtroom of the U.S. District Court in Paducah, Ky., is half a world away from Iraq's hardscrabble Triangle of Death. But in a trial that opened here on Monday, Steven Green, a former private first class from the 101st Airborne Division, stands accused of crimes committed there, one the worst atrocities believed to have been carried out by U.S. forces during...