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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...next day Jordan applied a little of what he calls the "Jordan magic" to close the deal on Lewinsky's job. On that day Lewinsky interviewed in New York City with a top executive of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., billionaire Ron Perelman's umbrella company, but the executive decided she was unsuited for any opening. (Jordan is on the board of Revlon, a MacAndrews subsidiary.) Lewinsky reported to Jordan that the interview went "very poorly." So Jordan called Perelman. "I have spent a good part of my life learning institutions and people, and in that process, I have learned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just A Sex Cover-Up?: High Crimes? Or Just A Sex Cover-Up? | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

...ultimate goal, several sources have told The Crimson, is to recreate Radcliffe as a research institute under the University's umbrella, dedicated to the study of interdisciplinary, cross-cultural issues of gender and society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: After Alumnae Backlash, Radcliffe Learns Importance of Being Earnest | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...became the founding director of the Global Programme on AIDS (GPA), a program under the umbrella of the World Health Organization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former SPH Doctor, AIDS Activist Dies in Crash | 9/8/1998 | See Source »

MSNBC Rating: [1/2 umbrella] What's up with this guy? While the storm rages down South, Pat Dawson looks as if he's prepping to grab a dog and take in the boardwalk rides at Atlantic City, N.J. Note to Pat: This is no way to win that Emmy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 7, 1998 | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

Befitting the ritualistic nature of the tenantdoorman relationship, some tenants have refused to open the door for themselves even when greatly inconvenienced by their abstinence. When my colleague was indisposed on one winter morning, an impatient tenant knocked on the door with his umbrella, beckoning him to open the door. Evidently, enduring snow and sleet was preferable to eschewing pomp and circumstance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POSTCARD FROM THE BRONX | 7/10/1998 | See Source »

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