Word: signs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Solzhenitsyn concedes, Nazi collaborators. He does not condone the fact that more than 500,000 Soviets served in the German army?mostly as noncombatants. But he also points out that this was the first tune in history that a nation had formally and officially renounced its P.O.W.s, refusing to sign the Geneva Convention on prisoners...
Nevertheless, the appearance of young comics making fun of their own culture is a good sign. Says Comedian and Disc Jockey Don Imus: "It used to be Bob Hope making fun of hippies; now it's hippies making fun of hippies...
...different concern: the vast sums of money that Bill will soon be offered to sign with the pros. "Bill has barely taken his first big steps in life," says his father. "There's no reason he shouldn't go to graduate school for a few years." In fact, Bill often talks of teaching as a career...
Star System. One secret of Geffen's success is selectivity. Asylum's 32 artists turned out only 28 albums last year. "You should be proud enough of every album you release to make sure it gets proper promotion, exposure and packaging," he says. Geffen is able to sign and retain big-name stars by giving them generous royalties (as much as 15%, about double the industry average), allowing them considerable artistic freedom and establishing warm personal friendships. "He romances them," says a New York-based competitor. Sometimes quite literally: Geffen used to squire Laura Nyro...
Brodeur began by redecorating his department. He placed a sign reading ROENTGEN STREET (after the discoverer of X rays) in the corridor leading to the radiology unit. Bare hospital walls were covered with giant murals of characters from children's books and television programs-Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat, Charlie Brown and his friends, and the Flintstones. The X-ray machine was labeled "Batman's Superanalyzer," and nurses were given brightly colored smocks...