Word: wraparound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...customary price. Hwang's wife Ophelia stayed back in Los Angeles through most of the months of rehearsals and tryouts, and the fledgling marriage broke up soon after. Ever since, Hwang has lived a luxurious if somewhat work-obsessed life in Manhattan, in a rented midtown apartment with spectacular wraparound views. The place came furnished -- not even the throw pillows are his -- but he vows to decorate in style a newly purchased Manhattan triplex to which he will move in October. He rarely cooks or eats at home; instead he deftly table-hops at fashionable restaurants and dates...
Sophomore Jamie Henikoff, who hadn't played singles since the Yale match two weeks ago, returned with flying colors. The match was never really in question, as Henikoff capitalized on strong overhead smashes and wraparound forehand shots for an easy 6-4, 6-2 victory over Christine Wood...
With 4:13 remaining, attackman John Heil's wraparound shot found the far corner of the Crimson net, tipping the see-saw Cornell's way the final time. Tim McDevitt cushioned the lead a minute later, firing a shot over Harvard goaltender Chris Miller's right shoulder...
...just sitting quiet, not saying a thing, serving my time," says Brown from a pay phone inside the minimum-security facility. Every day he rises at 5:15 to dish out breakfast in the cafeteria, wearing a cook's white uniform and cap, embellished by purple wraparound sunglasses and a matching purple foulard scarf. He directs the chapel choir, and attendance has doubled since he got there. On Saturdays, his wife Adrienne, a former hair stylist with the television show Solid Gold, brings a dryer and a bag of salon products to primp his curly coiffure...
...County, Calif., division of Unisys, for example, speak everything from Korean to Japanese to Spanish. Their productivity improved significantly, Unisys managers say, when the company began offering ten-week courses in reading, writing and speaking English. Classes, which number 15 students at most, meet in the company cafeteria, whose wraparound picture windows look out on the Santa Ana Mountains. "Before I took the class I couldn't stand up and talk in our Thursday staff meetings," says Elvia Adame, 31, who came to Southern California from Mexico City eight years ago. "Now I participate in all the meetings...