Word: bacchanalian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Note: If you know for a fact what you'll be doing 12 months from now, don't bother reading this. Parties are raging and goodbyes (to say nothing of bodily fluids) are being exchanged like lira for euros. We approve whole-heartedly of this Bacchanalian excess and hope that each of the next four days and nights prove wilder than the one before. Nonetheless, it's impossible to wade through all this raucous merriment without sensing tension when well-wishers turn sullen and mutter under their breath as arch-enemies pass by, or when two friends stand aloof because...
...eventually stumbling upon the small Barrier Island of Palm Beach. One hundred years later the island of Palm Beach is still where the mega-rich go to escape the grind of winter life in East Egg. Easily bored, they have gone out of their way to cram as much bacchanalian debauchery into one island as possible...
...your room last Saturday, raising the temperature approximately 40 degrees and rendering it impossible for any of you to move, send me a note. I'll have a chat with both the Freshman Dean's Office and House offices about the fine line between get-together and unacceptable bacchanalian frenzy...
Paglia even finds the pagan artistic tradition's expression in teen-aged girls' bacchanalian frenzies for Leonardo DiCaprio and the Hanson brothers...
...galleys of Killer Instinct, a forthcoming tell-all tome that chronicles the making of Natural Born Killers. Written by one of the film's producers, JANE HAMSHER, the gossipy book is filled with wicked wit, mostly skewering screenwriter QUENTIN TARANTINO and director OLIVER STONE. Though stories of Stone's bacchanalian ways and Tarantino's saucy self-confidence are nothing new, Hamsher's gonzo take on NBK's evolution offers an insider's view of show-biz egos. Among the choice bits: details about Stone's stoned-out mushroom trip in the desert and Tarantino's close connection with Miramax...