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...flutter of duets and trios and sprightly choral spectacles, the rejected Nemorino turns for help to the traveling doctor Dulcamara. This quintessential quack provides him with the magical "elixir of love" (A bottle of Bordeaux) which will transfix Adina's attentions. Adina and Belcore prepare for a gala wedding, and Nemorino sells himself into the army to buy the elixir, and his rich uncle dies, and the elixir works or maybe it doesn't, and brightly garbed townspeople dance and sing about wine and romance...
...behalf, Sinatra brought seven character witnesses, including Actors Kirk Douglas and Gregory Peck, but made no mention of another friend: President Ronald Reagan, for whom Sinatra helped raise some $500,000 in campaign donations and organized a preInauguration gala. Reagan has said of Sinatra's reported gangland ties: "We've heard those things about Frank for years, and we just hope none of them are true." The control board decided that there were "no substantive reasons why he shouldn't have a gaming license" and issued Sinatra a temporary one that may be made permanent Witness Sinatra...
They will hear an all-star lineup that includes Ruff, Casey, Economist Arthur Laffer, Metals Expert James Sinclair and Television Host Louis Rukeyser. Like rock concerts, the seminars can be phenomenally profitable for both the stars and the promoters. The impresario behind this weekend's gala is Charles E. Githler III, 24, who dropped out of college in 1976 to devote his full time to real estate speculation in Florida. Githler organized his first International Investors Forum in San Francisco three years ago, attracting 1,400 people at $450 each. The superstar of seminar promoters is James U. Blanchard...
...Washington after his election were triumphal processions through a capital that marveled at his charm. His third tour of his new domain last week was more like a general's inspection of the troops he will shortly have to fling into a decisive battle. Preparations for the Inaugural gala were overshadowed by a series of warnings that the new Administration must begin moving almost immediately to meet what is clearly its biggest challenge: mending the battered American economy...
...tails made for him a few years ago by Mariani. As soon as word leaked that they would be white tie, virtually every formal wear rental store in the capital was stripped of tails. In accordance with the Cinderella rule, which precludes a new First Lady from disclosing her gala getup, Nancy would not say what she will wear for the ball, though rumor has it that it will be a white gown by Galanos, one of her favorite designers (price for the ordinary buyer: up to $8,000). She will wear white shoes and carry a rhinestone-decked white...