Word: fizzed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deal with Lombino and that, after the U.S. had offered Lombino protection and a guarantee that he could return to the U.S., the Mafia lawyer had gone to Italy and met with "M." Rabb insisted that nothing had come of Lombino's aid. "It was a big fizz," the ambassador said. The FBI and the Justice Department refuse to confirm or deny the story, while the CIA offers a terse "no comment...
Meanwhile, P & G is trying to put more fizz into sales of Orange Crush, an old brand that has garnered less than 4% of the soft-drink market. As it has done so often with detergents, the company is introducing a new, improved version of Crush with a more "orangy" taste. P & G is testing a series of TV commercials in which an E.T.-like visitor from outer space called Ozmo comes to earth to pick up a sample of the improved Orange Crush...
...dancers who put the fizz into this celebration-a surprise in a company that emphasizes choreography and does not publicize its stars. If this had not been a Stravinsky festival, it might have become a Suzanne Farrell festival. In a new work-Balanchine's aching five-minute lamentation, Élégy-as well as the great older pieces, she danced with the daring thrust and exquisite musicality that make her perhaps the finest ballerina in the country now. Or it could have been a Heather Watts festival, for this sexy, all-grit dancer seemed to be onstage...
...stylized American comedies, musicals and romances of the '30s and '40s, many of which are now considered classics. These days he finds it notably lacking. Of the current crop, Victor/ Victoria perhaps aspires to some of it, though the musical numbers unfortunately miss the oldtime zip and fizz...
From time immemorial, champagne has been the ambrosia of New Year's and nuptials, ship launchings and seductions. In recent years, all this has changed. Champagne has become a drink for all occasions and is now quaffed in such Jeroboam quantities that the fizz biz poppeth over. The thirst for authentic French bubbly, plus the grievous crop damage to French vines in three of the past four years, has raised prices for the real stuff* and has forced French shippers to ration the choice vintages. At Manhattan's elegant Four Seasons restaurant, for instance, a bottle of Henriot...