Word: carats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stage!" Nobody really cared that the luster was gone from her voice. "Naturally, she's not going to sing the way she did a generation back," a musician said. "Nobody expects her to. But also don't forget that she's a genuine, 24-carat prima donna of the old school...
...some respects, the new "diamonds" made of titania (titanium dioxide) are better than the real thing.† Last week three advertisements in the New York Times Magazine offered cut stones "more brilliant than diamonds" at prices ranging from $10 to $16 a carat (price of first-grade white diamonds: about $1,100 for a one-carat stone). One ad suggested: "A handsome engagement ring made of our remarkable gem presented to any girl will win her devotion. The hundreds of dollars saved will go far toward building a permanent home...
...first batch of annual reports for 1950 came out last week. They had a 24-carat glitter...
...Lorelei Lee was a reigning musical-comedy queen; F. Scott Fitzgerald had not only been enthusiastically revived, but was the hero of a novel that led the bestseller lists. Nightclubs were jammed, theater tickets occasionally went for $50 apiece, and useless luxuries-men's garters trimmed in 14-carat gold, mink scarves for three-year-olds, diamond-studded car keys-were salable items again. In an offhand manner, a Houston oilman sent a new Cadillac to Europe to have a $5,000 custom body put on its chassis, with instructions to "throw the old body away...
...that glitters may not be gold, but there's no doubt that Cole Porter's "Out of This World" is almost entirely the genuine 24-carat stuff. The production is more of a spectacle than a musical comedy, and it is certainly more spectacular than anything Broadway has seen in a long time. Mr. Porter has reworked the ancient Amphytryon story into a fast-moving, melodious extravaganza of gods of mortals...