Word: bed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What precisely went on in that scene probably will never be known, although before he died, Gladstone assured his son, equally cryptically, that he had never "been guilty of the act which is known as that of infidelity to the marriage bed...
...crystal Baccarat table was designed for a 19th century Indian maharajah; the gilded piano was once played by Chopin. But the bearskin rugs, emperor-size bed and rhinestone-studded recreation room could belong only to Liberace, 55. Now music's oldest glitter rocker has opened his rococo Hollywood Hills mansion, complete with toothy portraits of the maestro himself, to public tours at $5.90 a pop. His share of the profits, says Lee, will help support aspiring artists like Protégé Vince Cardell, 35. Thirty-two guides have been trained by Liberace, and four gold-jacketed salesgirls staff...
...Brynner, for instance, who keeps time-warping back to his regal role in The King and I. Now touring in a new musical, Odyssey, in which he stars as Odysseus, Brynner has had his secretary send prospective hotels a list of his accommodation needs. Among his demands: "King-size bed in master bedroom (one mattress only, not two). [Room] must be utterly blacked out so as not a sliver of light can enter ... Suite must be immaculate ... Accommodations cannot be within one floor of conventioneers ... A gross of extra wooden hangers in YB's bedroom ... All phones must...
Risky Operations. Hospitals are struggling to meet their rising malpractice premiums by passing costs along to the patient. The Michael Reese Medical Center in Chicago may increase its daily rates $12 a bed. In New York, where 23 hospitals were faced last week with a 600% rise in malpractice costs, officials estimate that the increase could add $50 to a patient's bill. To protect themselves against malpractice suits, many physicians and hospital administrators are now demanding additional X rays and laboratory tests to document the need for treatment in case the patient sues, that too is adding...
...waiting for the bubbles of fermentation. A friend leaves town. An old man dies. Grandma cooks a mighty belly-boggling, legendary dinner. Douglas gets sick and lies loony and limp. He gets well. He and his brother rocket around town, crazy with motion. He hides, quiet, in the dark bed of ferns beside the porch, listening to the drone of grown-up voices; cigar ends glow in the dusk. His new sneakers fade, streak, scuff, and at last lose their amazing power. Pencils and notebooks appear in the dime-store window: school lurks. The porch swing is taken down...