Word: foraying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...connoisseur-eat-connoisseur world out there: lies, low blows, sexual politics, thievery, bribery, betrayal and greed. In his first foray into popular fiction, Thomas Hoving, former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and editor in chief of Connoisseur magazine, takes us into the international art arena, where a masterpiece has come up for auction. On the block is the Marchesa Odescalchi, a sexy full-length portrait by the 17th century Spanish master Diego Velasquez of his alleged mistress. Experts predict that the portrait will bring at least $11 million, an auction record for a single painting. Among the main...
...transatlantic foray was a clear plus for bilateral relations. Bobbies manning the gates reported that 40% of those entering the stadium were American. Some 300 jet-age enthusiasts joined the Bears on their flight from Chicago, and groups of Texans decided, in one woman's phrase, "to use the occasion to squeeze in some shopping. I needed a new raincoat." Most Americans in the crowd, though, were expatriates and service members eager for a football fix. Judging by the number of Army, Air Force and Marine T shirts from bases across Europe, American Bowl weekend would have been a good...
There are some redeeming spots, however, amidst Gabriel's first foray into the blissful world of pop. "Red Rain," though hampered by insufferable plasma images, conjures up memories of past highlights like "San Jacinto" and "Here Comes The Flood." On the flip side of the disk, "Mercy Street" successfully tiptoes the line between Muzak and minimalism on the strength of poetic images like "Mercy Street in your daddy's arms again." While they don't compare with anything on Gabriel's third eponymous album, these two songs at least show that the former art-rocker remembers something from his past...
...have stayed out of financial trouble had it not been for Burr's $305 million purchase last November of Denver-based Frontier Airlines. Frontier, a conventionally priced, full-service carrier, was already battered at its hub by competition from Texas Air subsidiary Continental and from United. Burr's Denver foray violated one of the initial ingredients in People's formula for success: offer no-frills travel in areas away from heavy competition. Says Burr in retrospect: "When we bought Frontier, our competitors decided Denver was going to be a battleground. It still...
Solidarity is exactly the image he is trying to forge. Combining social issues with union issues, Bozzotto attempted, with some success, to form an alliance with students, an alliance he hopes will exert more force on a stubborn Harvard management than unionism alone. His foray into the divestment world and into the media spotlight were calculated manuevers to gain the support of student and faculty activists, observers speculate. Thus, Bozzotto has pushed the union movement, with mixed success from an isolated facet of the Harvard experience into mainstream anti-Harvard administration...