Word: madeiras
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Make no mistake, New Year's Eve will be a big deal in places like Vegas, where you can still, if you are so inclined, taste a bottle of 1800 Madeira from Thomas Jefferson's collection at the Rio Suites Hotel and Casino wine party for $2,050 or lease the half-size Eiffel Tower at the Paris for a party of 40 to 50--including chef, butler and host's suite--for a mere $200,000. The stock-option challenged can find Strip accommodations for a (relatively) less exorbitant $400 a night, and those are selling more briskly...
...three seasons. A seven-night Mediterranean cruise on Premier's elegant Rembrandt runs $1,498 to $2,998 (depending on cabin choice); it's $100 per person more May 31 through Sept. 6. The line's Island Breeze has week-long voyages around the Canary Islands, with stops at Madeira and Morocco, for $1,198 to $2,398 through November; in December the cost goes...
What struck Katharine Meyer most about her father's purchase of the Washington Post in 1933--for $825,000 at a bankruptcy auction--was that no one in her family bothered to tell her about it. Home for the summer after her junior year at Virginia's Madeira School, she overheard some conversation about the deal. "Oh, darling," her mother said, "didn't anyone tell you? Dad has bought the Post...
John Lee, Cafe Tabac Pheasants--stuffed with black truffles in a madeira sauce. Quail seasoned with thyme and jupiter berries and lemon--grilled outside on my fire escape. Squabs--pre-marinated for days in star anise, soy sauce, honey. Bread stuffing Broccoli rabe Brussels sprouts Cranberry Sauce Chocolate cake, Lemon meringue...
...only other highlight of the show is Marcia Madeira's lighting. The pools of color bring an element of interest to the half-hearted battle scene which occurs at the culmination of the play, making the silver blades of the swords glow red or blue...