Word: glamourous
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Leading last week's broad advance were stocks of companies in retailing, television, oil, tobacco and electronics. High technology securities, especially those of the computer manufacturers, did well. Many of the blue chip and reliable glamour stocks have already been swept up in the sharp recovery and are no longer bargains. Thus, investors are now moving into less stable issues; potentially dangerous speculation is on the rise. Small investors continue to shy away from the market, and institutions remain by far the big buyers. They are pouring more of their daily cash inflow into the market than...
Disastrous Union. Most of the princess's 36 years have been spent in the pursuit of beauty. But then, as she explains, "glamour can begin only when all the groundwork has been laid." For Luciana, the groundwork came early in adolescence, when "all legs and big feet, thick at the waist and thick in the nose," she was taken in hand by her half brother, Rodolfo Crespi (married to Consuelo Crespi of the best-dressed set). Rudi pushed lipstick, Consuelo set aside some best dresses, and at 18, Luciana was shuttled from Rome to London to have her nose...
Romantic leads go to Jonathan Smythe, a mustached Englishman who clips his words and stands as if he had swallowed a swagger stick. Glamour is provided by Mademoiselle Garonce, a Viennese-educated vision in chiffon with a husky voice that sounds as if it might burst into flame at any moment. The fifth member of the troupe is Elsie Lump (pronounced Loomp), a grumpy ex-London music-hall harpy with sullen manners, a cockney accent and hair the color of smoked salmon...
...interested in kicks than cures, have proved less cooperative. "Methadone did the trick," explained a 20-year-old who skipped the counseling at an Illinois treatment center. "The reason I didn't stay on it was that I missed the excitement of using dope. I missed all the glamour of hustling and beating on people...
...average of $3,645 each. The losses were even more severe for stocks on the American Stock Exchange and on the over-the-counter market. The latter came close to collapse for many days during the late spring. Since then, the stock market has rebounded, though many faded glamour stocks remain 70% below their highs of a few years ago. The Dow-Jones average closed last week at 823, far down from its alltime high of 995 in February...