Word: glitziest
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...extravaganza was one of the most extensive estate sales in history and one of the glitziest. Dealers -- British, French, German and Italian, as well as American -- swarmed to it. The event was studded with the celebrities to whom Warhol catered in his life and art, from the King and Queen of Sweden to Bianca Jagger and Dick Cavett. By week's end more than 45,000 collectors and curiosity seekers had milled through Sotheby's showrooms, 10,000 of them on a single day. For some, Warhol's vast collection was a monument to the materialism that the artist enshrined...
...glitziest grab yet was the horse ranch and other Florida real estate seized last week by Government agents. The U.S. expects to sell off the booty as soon as a judge is persuaded that each property was bought, as the Government charges, with narcotics profits traced to three reputed Colombian drug chieftains. Besides horses and real estate, agents in other cases have grabbed a surplus Navy bomber, a $25,000 gold-plated motorcycle, high-speed motorboats, a marina, a topless bar and a pair of Atlanta rib restaurants. Businesses are often temporarily run under Government auspices until confiscation proceedings...
Federal agents seize $20 million worth of Florida property, the glitziest grab yet in the campaign to confiscate the fruits of crime...
...sure, a few down-to-earth, relatively realistic females have gained a foothold in prime time, on such shows as Cagney & Lacey and Kate & Allie. Moreover, several of the season's glitziest newcomers-like ABC's Glitter, which was taken off the air after just three episodes-have been struggling in the ratings. But Collins and her sisters in silk and satin are clearly setting the dominant style of high-gloss femininity, and their ranks are growing. Gina Lollobrigida has joined the cast of Falcon Crest, and Ali MacGraw will appear on Dynasty later this season. Yvette Mimieux...