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Word: cabriolet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Northwest Hugh Hefner, although he has accumulated some nice toys. He lives in an expensive condo decorated with Asian antiquities, across the street from his expansive downtown-Seattle office suite. "I don't live like the average 26-year-old," he admits. His latest purchase: a Porsche 911 Cabriolet to go along with his Jaguar and speed boat. He grew up in Seattle, and entertained neighborhood kids with magic tricks, including one in which an audience member put a coin in a varnished box. Warshavsky then made the coin disappear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Stock In Smut | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...escapade. He got three speeding tickets--two from the same cop who was trailing him--just on the drive from Albuquerque the weekend he moved Microsoft to Seattle. Later he bought a Porsche 930 Turbo he called the "rocket," then a Mercedes, a Jaguar XJ6, a $60,000 Carrera Cabriolet 964, a $380,000 Porsche 959 that ended up impounded in a customs shed because it couldn't meet import emission standards, and a Ferrari 348 that became known as the "dune buggy" after he spun it into the sand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN SEARCH OF THE REAL BILL GATES | 1/13/1997 | See Source »

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