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There are those who find yacht racing no more exciting than watching the bubbles in their glasses of Perrier. Of course, they are wrong, as this summer's battling has already shown. For the September finale, the action will heat up even more, both on the 24.3-mile-long triangular course and along Newport's palazzo-lined shore, where the late-night partying has included the likes of Britain's Prince Andrew and the Aga Khan, patron of the Italian effort...
...longest and most expensive election recount in U.S. history ends, with former Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson III '52 declared the one-vote victor of last November's Illinois guheranorial race against incumbent James "Big Jim" Thompson. "I'm so happy--pass the Perrier Lite," exclaims the jubilant Stevenson. Local newspapers report that Stevenson was put over the top by two late-arriving ballots: from Adlai E. Stevenson II and Adlai E. Stevenson...
...eight cans for $18.95). Hampton Farms has, especially for us, smoked a 9-lb. young torn turkey over hickory embers (only $29.95). English plum pudding ($12) is on its way from Altman's. The wines, all from good old Sherry-Lehmann 's catalogue, will go from Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut (about $20) with the caviar, to Chateau d'Yquern ($90) with...
...some kind of wimp." The local press latched on to the remark as indicative of Stevenson's aloofly intellectual bearing, and a series of "wimp jokes" ensued. ("What does a wimp's read on vacation? Adlai Stevenson's economic plan." What's a wimp's favorite drink? Perrier Light.") Thompson--whose populistic slogan is "Tough times demand a tough leader"--capitalized on "the wimp issue" and has coasted from a narrow deficit to a thumping 19-point lead in the most recent poll, released Sunday. When the results roll in tonight from the Land of Lincoln. Thompson, 45, will almost...
...cost of $20 million. To emphasize the special nature of the inaugural run last spring, for example, passengers were encouraged to wear '20s finery, and many did so. On current trips, passengers often don evening clothes for dinner, and the champagne, a special V.S.O.E. label bottled by Laurent Perrier, flows freely. And as Sherwood has promised, "The bar-salon stays open, and our pianist plays on, until the last guest has retired." "When a Broadway baby says good night," plunks Giany Bars at the baby grand piano, "it's early in the morning...