Word: lavishness
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...Johnson's brand of political maneuvering, which plays on the emotions and ignorance of the masses, is positively revolting. It should be obvious to everyone that his lavish promises to wipe out poverty and end racial strife are merely vote-getting tactics...
...production fairly reeks of effort. There is a huge cast, most of whom snap off their parts with creditable energy under Daniel Seltzer's direction. There are lavish sets and lavish costumes (so many that poor Caesar can scarcely be distinguished from the richly robed citizens he leads onstage). A battle scene, surely the most grandiose ever stage at Harvard, takes up a good portion of the second...
Speed & Thrust. Most authorities credit the All's performance to its lightness, its radical double-delta wing and its equally radical engines. The weight depends largely on lavish use of titanium, which is not much heavier than aluminum, but stands the searing heat of Mach3 flight. Titanium alloys sell for more than $5 per Ib. and are difficult to fabricate, but advanced airplanes are no respecters of cost...
...merchant- before Bergman found her. "I always had to play femme fatale roles because I looked a little exotic for Sweden. I never looked like a Swedish woman. I had to play sophisticated ladies with low necks and yulery," she explains, fingering imaginary pearls. Bergman concealed her lavish charms. "It's fun to work with him," she says. "We get very involved emotionally for three months; then it's over and we say goodbye." She is now 34 and wants to be a director herself. She has directed three plays so far, and one short film. She could...
...general, jabbed especially at Gulf Italia's vice president and operating head, Prince Nicolo Pignatelli Aragona Cortes, scion of a noble family that claims Pope Innocent XII and Mexico's Conqueror Hernando Cortes in its lineage. Pignatelli seemed an easy target: he graces Roman society's lavish dinner tables, is a jet-set sportsman, and can be tough in business: when his Ragusa field was mechanized, he fired 700 of his 850 Sicilian workers...