Byline: John P. McManus The topical but almost inadvertent theme of this issue of American Demographics, at least on the surface, is promises. A promise - something somebody or some entity offers, good or bad - very often lies at the root...

When is developer Lloyd Moore going to quit making promises and actually file for a permit to build his huge complex in Silver Spring? In December 1986, with much fanfare, Mr. Moore announced plans to build a mall and office project two-thirds the...

“The buzz was loud and clear, we struck a chord,” said president of NBC Entertainment Kevin Reilly at the network’s Upfront presentation yesterday afternoon. But: “Frankly, we need to be more better.” Mr. Reilly was saying what the hundreds of ad executives milling around Radio...

The actor has lived in the apartment for almost 30 years, moving in back when it was rent-controlled. “I was lucky,” he said. “I had to grease somebody’s palm. I was in They’re Playing Our Song. I needed a larger apartment. My daughter was growing...

[The Neil Simon and Burt Bacharach musical "Promises, Promises" proved to be] the kind of show where you feel more in the mood to send it a congratulatory telegram than write a review…. The hero is not a nice man. In fact he is a kind of mousefink, who decides to sleep his way to the top of business without really lying. The sleeping is done—in a manner of speaking—not by him but by the senior executives in the life insurance firm in which he works. He gives them the key t...