Word: lavishness
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...egalitarianism! And what a cast of characters! Front men for the operation were a pair of homosexuals named Fernand Legros and Réal Lessard. Legros, a French-Egyptian given to wearing snug suits lined in red silk, jetted around the world with his counterfeit wares while maintaining a lavish Paris apartment and an all-male harem. Legros's partner, Lessard, was a young Canadian with a handsome, honest face. On the road he was a cool con man too, but back home he became the frightened victim of Legros's infidelities and rages...
...settling down in their lavish surroundings, both students and faculty inevitably indulged in less serious gripes. Even the perfection of the soundproofing upsets musicians grown accustomed to the cozy cacophony of the old building. Violinist Robert Mann of the Juilliard String Quartet, for instance, finds the quiet somewhat disquieting. "I like distant musical sounds; it reminds me I'm in a conservatory." Told that a student had complained because "the library is too comfortable; I can't take notes there," Mann admitted that the opulent new building takes getting used to. "It reminds me of what my father...
...Vixen's big break came in late July. The Washingly Post- whose reviewer said he secretly followed some Congressmen to find the movie-praised Vixen in a lavish piece headlined "At the Top of the Skin Flick Heap." From there on, the professional advertising machine went to work to produce a genuine hit. A woman with a breathy voice made a series of subtle ads ("Vixen-is she woman or animal"-pant-pant) for the local radio stations. By August the theater owners knew they were riding a good thing. So many tourists were flocking to the show that...
...Experience has shown that the best, meaning the most informative, briefings are delivered not by trained professionals in the art but by men who simply know their business. In Saigon this year, a group of visiting U.S. businessmen was growing visibly restless in the course of a lavish briefing. Sensing their discomfort, General Creighton Abrams broke in to start talking informally about the war; although he said nothing new, his familiarity with the reality of war brought the meeting to life. The lesson is that personal communication is better than canned chatter...
Harrington also advocated an end to the surtax, an end to inflation, more tax relief, and more money for the cities. Both frugal and lavish, these goals don't mesh too well, but Saltonstall seemed unable to prove...