Regardie's Magazine articles from October 1990

Regardie's Magazine archives from October 1990

Going for the gold. (Dumbarton Oaks) (Washington Home & Garden)
October 1, 1990... Going for the Gold IGOR STRAVINSKY'S CHAMBER CONCERTO, "DUMBARTON Oaks," opens freshly and urgently with springlike energy and intelligent brightness that recall blossoms, ambitious pursuits, and inspired endeavors. It's an appropriate tone...

Fools and their money. (The First Word) (editorial)
October 1, 1990... FOOLS AND THEIR MONEY SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY RICH. If you don't know if you are rich, take this test: You're eating lunch with a group of friends and the check comes. You are Rich if the conversation goes like this: "I'll...

Police brutality. (selection of Charlie Samarra as Alexandria, Virginia police chief)
October 1, 1990... Police Brutality HOW MANY ALEXANDRIA POLICE chiefs does it take to change a light bulb? Three: One to replace it and two to try to make the old one work. Laugh if you must, but in Alexandria this is no joke; the city's been going...

Table manners. (Washington Home & Garden)
October 1, 1990... Table Manners IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, FEW WASHINGTON residents had the financial means to throw a party of any sort. "Generally, Washingtonians were spoon-and-finger eaters," says Barbara Carson, a historian who works with the College of...

The Almighty's dollar: What it really cost to build the National Cathedral. (Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul)
October 1, 1990... The Almighty's Dollar THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL, WHICH WAS consecrated on September 30 after 83 years of construction, is testament to the very cornerstones of Christianity: faith, hope, charity, and money management. While the building...

The 100-yard suck-up: in their quest to land an NFL franchise in Baltimore, some of America's richest folk are brownnosing for fun and profit.
October 1, 1990... The 100-Yard Suck-Up COLLECTIVELY, THEIR WEALTH surpasses the annual operating budgets of - take your pick - Montgomery County, the District of Columbia, and Baltimore City. The wealthiest among them is off the net-worth chart, at upwards...

Deal crazy. (real estate developer Dominic Antonelli)
October 1, 1990... Deal Crazy IT CAN TURN INTO A PRETTY GRIM ENCOUNTER when the boys who make the big deals in real estate huddle over lunch these days. Invariably, the talk turns to the latest word from the over-heated rumor mill about which developer is...

Skating on thin ice. (Washington Capitals, hockey club) (company profile)
October 1, 1990... SKATING ON THIN ICE AFTER A TURBULENT SUMMER, THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS ARE WORKING OVERTIME TO WIN OVER THEIR FANS IN SPRINGTIME, IT'S SAID, A YOUNG MAN'S THOUGHTS TURN TO LOVE. But last spring, as quick as you can say "sex scandal," the...

Big talk. (Atlantic Coast Radio, Alan Christian securities fraud case)
October 1, 1990... BIG TALK ONE DAY LAST OCTOBER, Atlantic Coast Radio sent its investors a letter that was guaranteed to warm their hearts. The letter announced that the Parthenon Trust, a Greek investment fund, was poised to sink $300 million into the...

Pictured perfect. (how to commission a portrait artist) (Washington Home & Garden)
October 1, 1990... Pictured Perfect How to Commission an Artist to Portray You in the Best Light PHOTOGRAPHS RECORD MOMENTS IN TIME, BUT PORTRAITS are expected to capture the soul; the essence of who we are, where we've been, and a vision of where we may be...

The resurrection of Chuck Robb. (Virginia Senator Charles S. Robb) (includes related article on investigation of Charles S. Robb's sexual activities)
October 1, 1990... THE RESURRECTION OF CHUCK ROBB Unfortunately, it wasn't for the right reasons. Everybody was trying to figure out what the hell Robb was up to. Robb's Democratic colleagues had waited while he'd strung them along and flirted with the...

The killer and the candidate: how Willie Horton and George Bush rewrote to rules of political advertising.
October 1, 1990... THE KILLER AND THE CANDIDATE HE WAS BIG. HE WAS BLACK. HE WAS UGLY. HE WAS EVERY GUY YOU ever crossed a street to avoid, every pair of smoldering eyes you ever looked away from on the bus or subway. He was every person you moved out of the...