Word: aga
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Introducing itself as a guide "for tourists who own no oil wells in Texas, and are unrelated to the Aga Khan," $5 a Day sets a chatty, no-nonsense pace that struck oil with 15,000 readers when it first appeared in 1957, this year is on its way to a record sale of 150,000. It leaves descriptions of the Louvre or Westminster Abbey to others, concerns itself single-mindedly with practicalities -the cheapest ways of getting to Europe and moving around once there, how to rent a bicycle in Copenhagen, how to read a menu in Italian...
Pope John, was "just fine," says one Vatican priest, "when John could make the big decisions." Gregory Peter Aga-gianian, 67, is something of a scholar, but he is an Armenian, wears a beard, and has shown little aptitude for experiment as chief of the church's missions...
Many of the objectives received a great deal more than was asked. The fund to create new academic chairs surpassed its goal by more than 20 per cent. Nineteen new chairs have been created with funds given to the Program, including the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professorship, the Aga Kahn Professorship of Iranian studies, and the Dillon Chairs of French Civilization and International Relations...
...influence in the company; in 1958 he became president. Though he has kept a good many older patterns for nostalgic buyers, the Studio Line now accounts for 67% of Rosenthal porcelain sales. Among Studio Line patrons are Elizabeth Taylor. Audrey Hepburn, the Shah of Iran, the Begum Aga...
High Twisting. Because of the eternal servant problem, many chalet parties end up at one of the town's three fine restaurants. Newest nightspot, and wildest by far, is Le Chesery, built last year for $575,000 by the Aga's Uncle Sadruddin Khan. Featuring a Cuban band imported from Montparnasse, the club encourages nightlong twisting, and unlike the rival Palace Hotel requires no necktie. The Gstaad old guard are not quite sure they approve; a group of rich young Greeks recently brawled over a girl at a Chesery party, ended by stripping her to her black lace...