Word: caviare
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...Khan and his durable friend, French Model Bettina, Arthur Loew Jr. (of the movie Loews) and his bride, who is Tyrone Power's widow. A strict seating plan enforced by flacks and headwaiters deployed the guests at six reserved tables, each equipped with three massive tins of caviar and assorted beverages. Dressed remarkably simply (she wore no jewelry other than diamonds), and more beautiful than ever, Hostess Elizabeth Taylor had just made her hush-provoking entrance when a crisis faced her. A party of 15, variously described as headed by a Brooklyn dentist or a merry widow...
...suspense mounted. Lights were extinguished, musicians scrambled to their chairs on the bandstand. Eddie's father, Joe Fisher, a retired suitcase manufacturer from Philadelphia, turned to Aly Khan. "Prince," said he, "have some caviar. Me, I like herring." Aly nodded gravely. "Yes, Monsieur Fisher père," he replied, "when a herring is good, it is very, very good, but when it is not good, it is awful...
...thode américaine" has sparked a revolution in food retailing. The familiar cubbyhole specialty store, with its high prices and limited stock, is on the way out. Rising to replace it is the big, flashy market that offers customers everything from plastic-packaged carrots to caviar, silk stockings and camping equipment, and all at prices 10% to 20% below the old-fashioned competition...
...undisputed genius of the flamboyant world of cosmetics is Charles Haskell Revson, president of Revlon, Inc. From Charlie Revson's hard-as-steel mind spring the soft and alluring shades-Red Caviar, Pink Lightning, Plum Beautiful-that have touched the lips of more U.S. women than those of any other maker. Last week, at 53, trim (5 ft., 8½ in., 144 lbs.), handsome Charlie Revson ran into some embarrassing new facial shades: Quiz Pink and Umbrage Blue. As sponsor of the rigged $64,000 Question and $64,000 Challenge-which in four years helped triple Revlon...
...hoax. After a thunderous ovation, Callas greeted Harry S. Truman with a courtly "I am honored," made her manners to Kansas Governor George Docking, who was also in the audience, even attended a post-concert party at the River Club where she danced with local millionaires and nibbled caviar snacks, an "almost blue" filet mignon and the "Delice Callas" dessert (peppermint ice cream, brandy-flavored chocolate, meringue, whipped cream, pistachio nuts...