Word: glitz
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...Faulkner in a fright wig or Carson McCullers and Flannery O'Connor strapped side by side on a roller coaster, and you have Harry Crews writing Southern gothic. In 1990 he produced the uproarious Body, in which he yoked a family of half-crazy Georgia crackers to the queasy glitz of big-time body building. Now there's Scar Lover, a comic love story filled with death and mutilation...
...brittle sunshine or in driving snow, the Games weren't mere games for those who competed. Tomba could joke about how he plans to star in Hollywood, courtesy of his new acquaintance, Sylvester Stallone. But his stalwart fans know there's more to his success than glitz, having followed Tomba's post- Calgary blues, his faltering in two world championships and his reconstruction under the severe tutelage of former Olympian Gustavo Thoeni. "I fought to win," said the husky Bolognese. "I gave the best of myself." Whether for giants like Tomba, upstarts like Aamodt or veterans like Fernandez Ochoa...
...says Times Square has lost its famous gaudy sparkle? At 11:53 p.m. on New Year's Eve, Coca-Cola flipped on the switch to launch its contribution to Broadway's born-again glitz: a $3 million, 55-ton billboard featuring a four- story Coke bottle made of fiber glass. A high-tech version of the Coke sign that has reigned in various Times Square locations for 75 years, the billboard contains a mile of neon tubing, 60 miles of optical fiber and more than 13,000 incandescent light bulbs. Controlled by a robotic animation system, the giant bottle pops...
...film about a teenager who thinks he's from outer space. After that, Star never looked back. Today, at 30, he draws a six-figure income as the creator of Beverly Hills, 90210, the Thursday-night melodrama that has captured the teen audience by portraying youthful angst and L.A. glitz. Star owns a house in the Hollywood Hills, drives a Porsche convertible, lifts weights and romps with his retriever at his Malibu beach hideaway. "I based 90210 on my experience coming out here," says Star. "What a different life-style! I mean I never saw so many Ferraris and Rolls...
...American middle classes spent their eight years under Reagan spending, trying to live up to the glitz. Image was everything, and Polo was the rage. The Polo store, with its antiqued mahogany, riding gear and posh addresses crafted an image of a glorious Edwardian gentry past that America never...