Word: glittering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...place to be in Lima last Tuesday night was the elaborate residential compound of Japan's veteran ambassador to Peru, Morihisa Aoki. In recent years Aoki's receptions have enjoyed an enviable acclaim, thanks to the munificence of his banquet table and glitter of his guest lists. And last week's party commemorating the birthday of Emperor Akihito (he turned 63 this year) was no exception. More than 1,000 invitations were sent out, and by 8 p.m. anyone interested in glimpsing a real-life Who's Who in Lima only needed to peek over the embassy's garden wall...
...bicycle or in-line skates or tennis racquet or putter for the loved one in your life? Say goodbye to the $2.9 billion in Christmas sales racked up by sporting goods and bike shops. Shun the glittering bauble? Jewelry stores sold $4.5 billion worth of glitter last December--more than 23% of their total. No more liquor, candy and the like? With retail stores making anywhere from 25% to 40% of annual profits during the holidays, a wholesale abandonment of gift buying would turn our retail shops into empty shells...
...Vegas. A fast-moving city of bright lights where the glitter and opulence of the few is directly contrasted with the poverty and depravity of the many. The stakes are big time, and Weiss must have known as the team drove through the magnificent city on the way to State Line, Nevada that many reputations had been made-or busted-there...
LAURA BAKER, 28; SPARTANBURG, S.C.; potter An artist herself, Baker knows that gifted children need more than glitter and glue to thrive. In 1993 she started COLORS, an art studio that provides inner-city children with professional materials and guidance. More than 650 children have participated in the program, in which they paint community murals with educational messages. Says Baker: "Art is a way to get to know yourself and to express who you are without being completely vulnerable...
...cyberpunk writer. "It wasn't our term," he says. "It's one of those labels." And although he did invent the word cyberspace, says Gibson, "I had to spend years and years figuring out what it meant." In the past few years, cyberpunk has lost some of its glitter, perhaps because cruising the Net has become so commonplace...