Word: lavishness
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...Socrates Onassis, 69, is indisputably king of what passes today for the Jet Set. Despite a few minor financial reverses, the swarthy Greek tycoon still has a fortune estimated at up to $500 million, based on a worldwide shipping and commercial empire. That permits him the luxury of enjoying lavish residences in several countries, his own private island of Skorpios in the Ionian Sea, and probably the world's most formidable private yacht, the 325-ft. Christina. Above and beyond that, he is the husband of the world's most publicized beauty-Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, 45, widow...
...entices a young seminarian to the wrong side of the altar; but, she said, she had no intention of doing so now. Then she banned the Spanish language from the set: a clause in her contract stipulated that everyone connected with her in the movie speak English. When a lavish bash was held for her in a swank Madrid nightclub, Sarah showed up hours late wearing a white woolly hat. After the Spanish press had denounced her behavior, Sarah denied any malice aforethought. "I love Spam," she said tearfully. "Why is the world trying to make a monster woman...
...musical is changing, and the production of the musical will have to change with it. With wages and prices rising, it's more difficult to stage lavish shows, even leaving aside the question of whether such shows are artistically desirable. To make the theater accessible to everyone, financing should come more from the government and from foundations, and less from private investors and the box office. And much of the dirty work that Prince complains about could thus be eliminated. The contradiction between artist and businessman would be resolved simply by acknowledging that it is impossible to create a show...
There's no place like home for the holidays, unfortunately. Sandringham House, the 365-room Victorian manor in Norfolk where Queen Elizabeth usually throws a lavish New Year's house party, is closed this year for a $550,000 modernization. The Queen, 48, her husband Prince Philip, 53, their sons Princes Charles, 26, Andrew, 14, and Edward, 10, and a handful of servants squeezed themselves into a nearby six-bedroom farmhouse known as Wood Farm; all other royals, including the Queen Mother, 74, and guests, were left to fend for themselves in nearby fiefs or hotels. Only...
...opponents. In the House debate last week, Minority Leader John Rhodes said that Rocky had been "probed, provoked, tried, tested and observed from virtually every conceivable angle and perspective." Yet nothing had come out to impugn his character. While acknowledging that he still had reservations about Rocky's lavish gifts to public officeholders, Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino argued that such misgivings were outweighed by the "totality of this man's experience, the totality of his dedication and talents...