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Back in California, Cunanan bounced up to San Francisco in the early '90s, where he lived off older men whenever he could. Though his mother has described him to reporters as "a high-class male prostitute," none of his friends thinks he rented by the hour. His wealthy lovers gave him the money for his expensive clothes and the $1,000 restaurant tabs he would pick up for groups of friends. Cunanan was presentable, sufficiently well informed about politics and the arts to make conversation, and given to conservative, preppy clothes, or sweatshirts and a baseball cap. Versace's glam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAGGED FOR MURDER | 7/28/1997 | See Source »

...been spotted in West Palm Beach area as early as three weeks ago. While Cunanan is the FBI's lead suspect, agency officials say they are not sure if he was sexually involved with Versace, reports TIME's Miami bureau chief Tammerlin Drummond. "Cunanan is known as a high-class prostitute, but it's not clear whether he knew all of his victims. Right now the FBI isn't saying whether Versace -- who was openly gay -- had any kind of relationship with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Search for Versace's Killer | 7/16/1997 | See Source »

...despite these high-class distractions, the conspicuous billboard-sized countdown clock was the center of attention...

Author: By Maia K. Davis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: A Capella Group Performs in Hong Kong | 7/11/1997 | See Source »

...rights, antiwar and feminist movements. Is there a generation gap? "Oh, my God, I'd have to say yeah!" she answers. Before Hard Candy, she wanted to be a plastic surgeon, a goal her father, a cancer researcher, opposed. "My dad does not believe medicine should be used for high-class fashion--it puts patients at risk," she explains. "But I think it's O.K. to use surgery to feel better about yourself." Nonetheless, she is close to her parents, who emigrated from Iran before she was born and settled in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. She plans to help her father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MY GOAL IS TO EXPAND INTO A CUTTING-EDGE, FULL COSMETICS COMPANY. I WANT TO DOMINATE. | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

Dunkin' Donuts has never seen decor like this. Owner Duarte M. Carvalho says it cost $100,000 to make his branch of the franchise--elegantly named "The Eliot Street Cafe"--a high-class venture. With granite table-tops, polished wood trim and china cups, don't look for the standard pink and orange decor here...

Author: By Adam S. Hickey, | Title: The Changing Face of the Square | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

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