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Officials announced the gift at a morning press conference at 17 Quincy St., where the atmosphere was chummy until one reporter raised the ethical question of Seagram's donating money to study alcoholism...
Officials announced the gift at a morning press conference at 17 Quincy St., where the atmosphere was chummy until one reporter raised the ethical question of Seagram's donating money to study alcoholism...
...real estate because they see it as an often better investment than the stocks and bonds they hold. In January the Royal Dutch/Shell pension fund paid $136 million for the Celanese Building in New York City, and in February the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association bought Manhattan's Seagram Building for $85 million. The Equitable Life Assurance Society two months ago acquired the AmeriFirst Building in Miami for $52 million, and the Prudential Insurance Co., often rumored to be a potential purchaser of New York City's World Trade Center, last week bought a 36-story Hyatt hotel...
...Dirk Pitt, a retired Navy intelligence officer so daring that he's asked to supervise the salvage operation ("He'll only take a crack at something if it sounds impossible; otherwise he wants no part of it," says Admiral Robards of his mercenary friend). And David Selby is Dr. Seagram, a scientist who, somewhat inexplicably, learned enough at Cal Poly to both devise the laser shield and figure out how to find the Titanic. There is even a woman, Anne Archer, who plays a reporter for The Washington Star...
This confluence of talent introduces several intriguing angles. For instance, Jameson thought it might be interesting if two men loved the same woman, so both Pitt and Seagram trail after the Star reporter. One scene shows the emotional depth, the intensity of this menage a trois. "I told a fib," the reporter tells the scientist and proceeds to explain that indeed she and the mercenary had lived under the same roof for two years. The reporter's best line, though, a strong rebuff to the notion that Hollywood doesn't create any parts for strong women, comes while she fishes...