Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Self-conscious? Stupak? Even in Vegas, city of naked, naive ambition, where the gods Whim and Ego bestride the Strip and hubris is just Greek for chutzpah, Stupak is a figure of such bejeweled swagger that confessing a nightmare of disaster-movie proportions can seem like a boast. The dream speaks to the compulsive gambler's fear of winning what he most desires, while planning even gaudier schemes. "Tell your editors that I'll donate $1 million to their favorite charity," he barks at a Time reporter, "if they put my picture on the corner of the cover. Two million...
Other buyers, though something less than household names, represented the glittering ranks of industry and society. Anthony J.F. O'Reilly, whose day job is ceo of the H.J. Heinz Co. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, bought his Greek shipping-heiress wife Chryss the 40-carat diamond ring that Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis bestowed on Jackie for their engagement. Sotheby's had set its value at $500,000 to $600,000. O'Reilly paid $2.6 million...
DIED. JIMMY ("The Greek") SNYDER, 76, odds maker and garrulous gridiron gossip on television's The N.F.L. Today benched in 1988 for attributing black athletic excellence to slave breeding; in Las Vegas, Nevada...
DIED. STAVROS NIARCHOS, 86, last of the "Golden Greek" tycoons, famed for his wealth ($4 billion in shipping, real estate, oil), women (six marriages to five women) and rivalry with Aristotle Onassis; in Zurich...
...Wolmer, editor in chief of Art & Auction, predicts the Onassis sale will far exceed Sotheby's 1987 Duchess of Windsor jewelry sale, which brought in $50 million. Mrs. Onassis' jewelry goes on sale Wednesday night and includes a 40-carat diamond she received as an engagement gift from the Greek shipping magnate. Sales later in the week will include JFK's golf clubs and Mrs. Onassis...