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Word: encantata (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chain, and he kept the vanity press busy printing books praising himself; his folksy upbeat autobiography, Be My Guest, is in every one of the company's 64,000 hotel rooms, right next to the Gideon Bible. He lived regally in a 61-room mansion named Casa Encantata in the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles, where 19 servants filled his every need, including buying his clothes. Yet Hilton retained an almost childlike wonder at the world around him. He also had some simple tastes, preferring corned beef hash or pork chops to any of the fancified dishes served...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: His Name Meant Hotel | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

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