Word: webber
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...social station. Caught between postwar exhaustion and a tradition of hard-line cultural formalism, young Europeans were a cinch to be enthralled by the out-front vitality of Elvis Presley and James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and Mary Martin. "The musicals of the '40s and '50s," recalls Andrew Lloyd Webber, the British composer of Evita and Cats, "came out at a time when your national spirit was able to afford a great deal more than what we in Britain could. You had greater optimism." Fizzy pop culture, American style, seemed easygoing but a little wild too. Even these days, says Bonn...
...liberal by most observers. Of these thousands, only a small fraction have been involved in such incidents as throwing eggs and preventing free speech. It is unfair and misleading for the Crimson to take these few, and accuse the rest of us of being exactly like them. Christine E. Webber...
...have to think (and it annoys me) if I wish not to use this form. To Mr. Wise such usage is a headache. I feel as much pity for him as I do for an ex-Klansman who finds it hard to stop using the word "coon." Christine Webber...
...ethical profiles of the 20 companies, which include Merril Lynch, Paine Webber and Exxon, were compiliedfrom information the companies provided and fromother sources, including the liberal Mother Jonesmagazine and consumer protection mogul RalphNader...
Along with the takeover tussles come some new stock offerings. The most unusual is the creation of Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, 37, the author of hit musicals, including Cats and Evita. Last week it was announced that early next year investment bankers at Schroder Wagg will offer to the public shares in Lloyd Webber's company, called Really Useful. Last year the firm had pre-tax profits of $3.1 million, and it owns the rights to everything Lloyd Webber has written since 1978. Stockholders will get a share of royalties each time an elevator plays a Muzak-treated tune from...