Word: oceanfront
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...took Karmazin less than two years after arriving at CBS to replace CEO Jordan and move into his office suite. Karmazin's business strategy has been bluntly effective: pay top dollar for what he calls "oceanfront property"--prime stations in major markets, celebrities like Stern and Imus, the rights to the NFL--and then look to recoup the money by slashing administrative and staffing costs and running the tightest of ships...
...head of a $200 million empire that includes interests in music publishing and real estate. He and Gloria--who were recently ranked No. 31 on the Forbes list of the world's richest entertainers--live in an opulent oceanfront mansion where Picassos hang next to paintings by Cuban artists. But Estefan isn't slowing down. His latest venture is a deal with Studio U.S.A. to produce sitcoms and made-for-TV movies. Says Studio U.S.A. president Ken Solomon: "Emilio is really one of the leaders in the world in bringing Latin performers to the mainstream...
...December 1999, many Rio hotels are offering relatively affordable rates, but prices at some are steep. A five-night stay for two ranges anywhere from $2,750 to $11,000. While the pricey oceanfront hotels on Copacabana Beach offer the best views of the festivities and dazzling fireworks, any place in the city provides respite from the wintry blasts of North America...
...Killers. Aurore Martin and Peter Uwe Schmitt allegedly found lonely singles, married them and then murdered them in order to collect the insurance money. Belgian authorities had been hunting the couple for months. Last week FBI agents arrested them in Miami, where they had spent their loot on an oceanfront condo and the Florida high life...
Honey, the grabby first video from Mariah Carey's new album, Butterfly, opens with an arresting image: the singer is held captive in a luxurious oceanfront palazzo by two lugs wearing gold watches and thousand-dollar suits. But in the next scene, Carey slips out of her bonds and leaps from a balcony, swan-diving into a pool below. Emerging from the water in a bikini, she commandeers a small boat, outraces her pursuers and escapes to safety on a palmy island...