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...think we need to focus on ADAPT and not get ourselves spread to thin next year, " said Sally H. Zeckhauser, vice president for administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Information Technology Initiatives and Fundraising Efforts Increase Coordination | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

Soros found the market for his philosophy to be rather thin, and eventually turned to banking. In 1956 he moved to the U.S. By the end of the '60s he had delved into the obscure discipline of arbitrage--a branch of financial physics that involves buying and selling securities in different markets in order to skim profits off the transactions. He discovered that a lot of money was to be made by moving money around the world to profit on the rise and fall of currencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURNING DOLLARS INTO CHANGE | 9/1/1997 | See Source »

...prime-time heap, by programming such shows as "L.A. Law" and "The Cosby Show." In March of this year, Tartikoff moved to the Internet and America Online to help develop the service's entertainment content. "I met with him a couple of months ago and, although thin, he seemed on the way to recovery," says TIME Media Writer Richard Zoglin. "He had a lot of projects in the works, from cable, movies and AOL, and he seemed really focused on moving ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brandon Tartikoff Dead at 48 | 8/27/1997 | See Source »

...gentler terms: "Cookbooks are a great way for celebrities to do a biography without having to do a tell-all." South will help Patti LaBelle, who was been known to rustle up a mean meal on the road, dish out her culinary secrets next year. Even a reed-thin celebrity who was never seen in an apron will do. Or at least her cook will. Scribner's most recent deal is with Jackie Onassis' chef of 25 years, Marta Sgubin, whose book will also be coming out next year. One celeb with a full menu is Sarah Ferguson, whose cookbook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 25, 1997 | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

...Lovely, directed by Cassavetes' son Nick, for which Penn won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. And because Penn once met Terrence Malick in a bar and told him, "Give me a dollar and point the way," he is now acting in The Thin Red Line, Malick's first film since the 1978 Days of Heaven. This fall Penn will topline in two other major movies, Stone's U-Turn and David (Seven) Fincher's The Game. The fellow who eyeballs the future and says, "I think rare will be the case where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: IN HIS PRIME | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

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