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...Silence of the Lambs, Oscar winner ANTHONY HOPKINS ate people, but that doesn't mean he likes to eat with them-specifically his fellow professionals. "I'm not very sociable," he said last week. "I like actors, but I don't want to go to dinner with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 20, 1995 | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

...federal contracting programs that give advantages to businesses owned by women and minorities. Under a minority-preference program of the Department of Transportation, white-owned Adarand Constructors of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was bypassed for a federal job building highway guard rails, despite having submitted a lower bid than the winner--Gonzales Construction. Adarand sued. ``What is prejudice?'' asks Adarand manager Randy Pech. ``It's when government makes a decision based on something that doesn't matter, like race or gender.'' In the tangle of its earlier rulings on affirmative action, the Supreme Court has required states and localities to design...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A NEW PUSH FOR BLIND JUSTICE | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

...there is honey on the rim of the medicine glass. Close losses do show that the team has the ingredients to be a winner, but merely lacks the consistency to chalk up the 'W's. This is certainly the case with the young Harvard club, which displays definite talent...

Author: By Mayer Bick, | Title: M. Basketball Road Tripping at Penn, Princeton | 2/17/1995 | See Source »

...Jones? Yes, the hoarse-voiced winner of Grammophone's "Best New Act" award for 1965 sings a Lenny Kravitz-produced cover of "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" on the movie's soundtrack...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Jerky Boys Called on Their Pranks | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

...painted three colossal canvases. Everyone living in Leverett was invited to a meeting to vote on which picture to keep. Dowling might maintain that if you don't like the painting, blame the alumni. But house lore has it that the three paintings were strikingly similar. Judging by the winner, the selection must have been grim...

Author: By Ann D. Schiff, | Title: The Art of Eating | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

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