Word: glitz
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...what do you want for $30.74? And what, eventually, will you get? An anti- Disney World, as far removed in spirit from the Magic Kingdom as gray (the dominant color) is from glitz. Both parks have strolling characters, but instead of Mickey and Minnie, Universal has Frankenstein, Marilyn Monroe, Beetlejuice. Both places will sell you plenty of food, but Universal's is spicier, tastier, more sophisticated. In movie-ratings terms, Disney's rides are G (for Gentle), Universal's PG (for Pretty Grisly...
...dinner meeting of America's board of directors, heavily from the midland where they grow things and make things. Now that the Gorbachev glow has faded and the glitz is gone, George Bush and his crew have the tougher job of helping the Soviet Union gear up for the open world and the marketplace...
...prestigious and influential, if less lucrative, magazine and book divisions run by Donald's older brother S.I. Jr., known as Si, the shadowy Newhouse style has been supplanted by a blaze of glitz and color and, increasingly, by tumult and frenzy. In recent years scarcely a month has gone by without an uproar at one or another of what has grown to 20 U.S. and 41 non-U.S. magazines, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, Details, HG and Self, every one of which has had one or more top editors ousted and design face-lifts imposed...
...prestigious magazine and book divisions, the shadowy family style has been supplanted by a blaze of glitz and color and -- increasingly -- by tumult...
...glitz symbolized what has become a quiet revolution in Americans' consciousness. The environment has risen to the top of many peoples' political agendas--and its influence is increasing...