Word: splendor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...City by Wan Yi, Wang Shuqing and Lu Yanzhen (Viking; $75). As the Son of Heaven moved through his palaces, the Hall of Luminous Benevolence, the Gate of Divine Prowess, there was everywhere beauty to behold. The Palace Museum in Beijing has assembled a sumptuous record of this quotidian splendor...
...possible to grow up, he suggests, without becoming dull. Among other anarchic touches, he plans to rent office space in his complex to environmental groups that "will drive other developers crazy." He is restoring the Little White House to its tacky Truman-era splendor, spending $15,000 just to repair the Sears, Roebuck fluorescent lights on the porch. Presidential bad taste doesn't trouble him, in part because he has income projections for his planned Truman museum. "The Little White House is a little gold mine," he says. But he also claims he does not mean to make Key West...
IMPERIAL BELLS OF CHINA. The clang and whir of hypnotic musical instruments, the swish of dancers' 6-ft. sleeves and the rainbow splendor of ceremonial robes are explained by Gregory Peck's recorded narration in this imported spectacle now touring...
IMPERIAL BELLS OF CHINA. The clang and whir of hypnotic musical instruments, the swish of dancers' 6-ft. sleeves and the rainbow splendor of ceremonial robes are explained by Gregory Peck's recorded narration in this imported spectacle now touring...
...sturdy brownstones, inspiring churches, elegant warehouses -- still stand. It is one of the few perks of slumdom: if property values do not rise, venerable properties are less likely to fall. Most midtown movie palaces were razed ages ago, but New York's first, the Regent, retains its Venetian splendor in Harlem, though it now does business as the First Corinthian Baptist Church. Above the marquee of another ancient Harlem theater, the Nova, is chiseled its original name, THE BUNNY (in honor of movie idol John Bunny), flanked by two grinning stone rabbit heads...