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Explaining Soviet Policy Toward China--by Elizabeth Wishnick, postdoctoral fellow, Russian Research Center. Coolidge Hall, room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Harvard | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

Sensory bombardment can be fun, especially for high rollers like Lisa Wishnick, a vivacious platinum blond from New York City who recently persuaded her oil-executive husband to celebrate their 13th anniversary with a weekend in Atlantic City. The people who track the betting at Merv Griffin's Resorts Hotel and Casino estimate that the Wishnicks have access to a $50,000 line of credit, so everything but the gambling is complimentary: the 48-minute helicopter ride, the mauve suite, even the caviar. Never mind that just about everyone else in the casino is dressed for mowing the lawn, Wishnick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Atlantic City, New Jersey Boardwalk Of Broken Dreams | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...that point, the leader was Bill Wishnick's 32-ft. Maritime, Big Broad Jumper, powered by two monstrous 700-h.p. Holman & Moody engines. Then the rudder fouled. That left the race to Mono. Lou III, another 32-ft. Maritime powered by twin 427-h.p. MerCruisers and piloted by Florida's Odell Lewis, 34, who used to wrestle alligators for sport until it got too tame. Bounding along at an average 50 m.p.h., he finished in 12 hr. 36 min. 20 sec., just as darkness closed in on Grand Bahama. "I ain't afraid of alligators," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ocean Racing: Demolition Derby | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

...knot crosswind was kicking up 10-ft. swells in the northward-flowing Gulf Stream, and visibility was down to half a mile. But away they went anyhow, 31 boats roaring out of Biscayne Bay into the heaving Gulf Stream. Within minutes, last year's Griffith winner, Bill Wishnick, was back at the dock: his co-driver Allen Brown had smashed both ankles on the jolting deck of their 28-ft. Broad Jumper. About the same time, Gar Wood Jr. bounced Orca onto a sand bar off Cape Florida, clambered out, and watched helplessly as his $150,000 craft split...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Powerboat Racing: Madness off Miami | 3/4/1966 | See Source »

...other departments, the following students were elected: James M. Murphy 2L and David M. Wishnick 2I, as article editors; Clay C. Long 2L and Lloyd L. Weinreb 2L as case editors; Steven R. Barnett 2L and Bruce J. Havighurst 2L as note editors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Review Names New Officers | 2/23/1961 | See Source »

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