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From the sumptuous isolation of his 70-room countryseat in Surrey, Billionaire J. Paul Getty, 70, told BBC tellyviewers how awful it was to be rich. Money wasn't everything, said J. Paul; "some of the best times I've had didn't cost money." What was more, "I wish I had a better personality so that I could entertain better. I'm worried that I may be on the dull side." Later, in Manhattan, jet-set Journalist Elsa Maxwell, 79, agreed with Getty all the way. "He's quite right to wish that," observed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 8, 1963 | 3/8/1963 | See Source »

Honoring William Randolph Hearst for returning to the Abbey Church of La Trinité at Fécamp, France, two 16th-century stained-glass windows, identified as stolen goods after he had bought them for his countryseat at San Simeon, Calif., the Paris Intransigeant identified him as a wealthy "manufacturer of garters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 4, 1938 | 4/4/1938 | See Source »

After Office Hours (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). When she enters the combined boathouse, garage, workshop, countryseat and rendezvous maintained by the villain of this picture, Sharon Norwood (Constance Bennett) is favorably impressed. She casts a glance at her surroundings and says to her host: "Nice, nice, nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Mar. 4, 1935 | 3/4/1935 | See Source »

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