Word: exception
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...opposition called for unspecified displays of protest at Sunday's church services. Except for applause for the letter, no incidents were reported...
...nest," "reborn," "glamourized," "well maintained." "Too much like automobiles," trills Lear, shooting across the room like a small comet. At 65, she's delicately handsome: 5 ft. 6 in., 115 lbs., with a taut dancer's body, sandblasted jawline, thick uncolored platinum hair and barely a trace of makeup except for one "expensive cosmetic," the face-lifting, her first done in her late 40s. Her fastidiously tailored look is accented by understated braided-gold Cartier jewelry and a black-band Tiffany watch. But behind the reserved, nearly studied exterior, her agile mind freewheels playfully. She conducts the meeting by digression...
Lear discreetly sidesteps rumors of a boyfriend, but she says, "For older women, like older men, money is a plus when it comes to attracting the opposite sex." Except for weekly dinners with her two daughters, entertainment means magazine business. Parties are held at her Southampton beachfront mansion or cavernous Fifth Avenue apartment with its giant de Koonings, vast Persian rugs and a paralyzing view of Central Park. The service is formal but the tone relaxed. At a recent dinner for potential advertisers, Georgette Mosbacher, flame-haired CEO of La Prairie skin-care company and wife of the Secretary...
...most objectionable part in this latest election drama was the role Glimp played. As University vice president, he should not have been involved in the Overseers campaign except in an unbiased capacity. The impartiality of University officials must be strictly maintained in an election for a body charged with evaluating the performance of all Harvard administrators...
...pressure to keep "Days of Rage" from appearing on TV may not be so overt. In fact, it is unclear that there is any direct pressure on PBS, except its apprehension that the documentary may offend potential subscribers...