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...center of attention in Art, you won't be surprised to learn, is a work of art: a big, plain, all-white painting that Serge, a well-to-do doctor, has bought for 200,000 francs. His friend Marc, who fancies himself an art buff but hates the modern stuff, is appalled at the purchase and tells him so. Each of them tries to enlist the support of a third friend, Yvan, who has other things on his mind, mainly his approaching wedding. In the brief 90 minutes that French author Yasmina Reza's play takes to unfold, the three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Three-Finger Exercise | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

...Since each attempt costs an average of nearly $8,000, patients often risk multiple births in order to avoid having to pay for a second visit. Eight states now mandate IVF coverage, but in most of the U.S., high-quality assisted reproduction is only for the well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INFERTILITY: THE NEW REVOLUTION IN MAKING BABIES | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...gonna steal a car with a flat tire?" asks a prosecutor close to the case. Indeed, both Zakaria and Peters, who were with Markhasev that night, informed police that their companion told them he shot Cosby because the victim was uncooperative. But Zakaria, who comes from a well-to-do family in Huntington Beach, Calif., has a rap sheet two pages long that includes such charges as assault with a deadly weapon, obstructing an officer, burglary and buying cocaine. And another couple who may be called to place Markhasev at the crime scene has the dubious distinction of being alleged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE FACE OF DEATH | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

While the rent-control regime was often lampooned for supporting well-to-do tenants like former Cambridge Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72, it did allow low-income families to remain in Cambridge...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, | Title: City Faces Shortage of Affordable Housing | 2/12/1997 | See Source »

Indeed, Cambridge's last mayor and a former rent-control tenant, Kenneth E. Reeves '72, became one of the most notorious symbols of well-to-do residents benefiting from poorly designed rent protections...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, | Title: Rent Control's Demise: A Tale of Two Families | 1/29/1997 | See Source »

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