Word: chichi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from car-buff magazines, the Miata is by far the most talked-about new auto on the market. Road & Track named it one of the five best cars in the world, along with the Ferrari Testarossa, the Porsche 911 Carrera, the Corvette ZR-1 and the Mercedes-Benz 300E, chichi chariots all. Not the least of the Miata's attributes is its base price: just $13,800, or about $600 less than the average new-car price that U.S. consumers are currently paying. At the moment, however, the Miata is so popular that some dealers are tacking on a premium...
...average of $200 a pop), timely improvisations on his vintage designs ($90 to $225) and original concoctions of their own (all manufactured by Optec Japan), the Peoples people are scoring an eye-popping success. They have sold some 110,000 frames through a wholesale operation and opened accounts in chichi retail outlets from Europe to Japan to Australia. Says Richard Morgenthal, president of New York City's Morgenthal-Frederics Opticians: "I have not seen a phenomenon like it in the optical world. People are asking for Peoples frames by name...
Mary Psychas '90 agrees, saying, "Besides the Bow and Arrow and the Boathouse, I can't really think of any real bars that people hang out at. Now that ChiChi's is closed, Jack's is closed, and the Filly is gone, people are having to find new places...
...ASHBY'S NEWEST FILM, Lookin' to Get Out, is framed by illusion As flashy neon titles appear in the opening sequence, two brightly dressed magicians work their chichi miracles on a glittery Las Vegas stage. The closing credits roll over a juggler trying in vain to make something of a very state routine...
...both city management and personal life. He frequents inexpensive Italian cafés. He entertains friends in his apartment, cooking dinners himself in his narrow galley. The menu is usually basic: steak, salad, an inexpensive New York State wine and vanilla ice cream. "I don't like chichi parties and fancy restaurants-partly because I hate to pay the bills," says the mayor...