Word: baths
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Just one year ago, the London Stock Exchange celebrated Big Bang, the introduction of computerized and deregulated stock trading. The anniversary last week was a Big Bath. Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson complained that he did not know why London "should be following Wall Street quite so slavishly." Samuel Brittan, widely respected economic commentator for the Financial Times, ventured a prediction that the stock slump would clip half a point off Britain's 3.0% projected growth rate next year. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called for a healthy dose of budgetary realism in Washington, and Chancellor Lawson reminded tight-fisted...
Romano may be flippant, but he is not without charm, which Mastroianni's warm voice, Latin gestures and aging face bring out. Who can resist a man who is willing to wade in a medicinal mud bath to retrieve a lady's hat--while dressed in white tie? Not Anna (Elena Sofovna), nor even her dog Sabatchka (the word has deep metaphysical meaning--little dog--and becomes a silly symbol of the relationship between Anna and Romano...
...show comes when Andrew Watson and Caroline Bicks play Standish and Emily, a husband and wife who make a magnificent mountain out of a molehill. In a hilarious huff, Standish swears retribution for his brother's tarnished reputation--"Binky Byers made a remark to him in the steam bath...
...sexual revolution. Often, in private, they noted the spread of various venereal and gastrointestinal diseases and worried about what would happen if a new disease appeared. Dr. Dan William of Manhattan warned, "The plethora of opportunities poses a public health ( problem that's growing with every new bath in town." That was in 1980, just a year before the doctors learned their worst fears had come true...
...other lower- Manhattan spots that were trendy at the time. The book was witty and well paced, yet neon and clouds of expensive white powder tended to obscure the fact that the work was as slick as a disco dance floor and about as deep as a Jacuzzi bath. In short, it had everything a publicist could ask for, including the right demographics...