Word: holidayers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...court by doing mortal damage to a couple of geese or an eighth of a cow, but even our Victorian friends would turn their noses up at such paltry quantities of grub. And to get a true idea of the real spirit of Christmas, (or any holiday for that matter) you've got to go further back, back to times when eating was a full time occupation...
...exiled leader of Iran's Shi'ite Muslims, fueled those emotions by calling on his supporters to mount demonstrations "to denounce the crimes of the Shah." General Gholam Reza Azhari, Premier of the new military government, assured Iranians that they would be allowed to observe the holiday as usual so long as the demonstrations did not become political...
...whatever name it goes, however, Curry's show, which includes twelve other talented skater-dancers, is one of the most sumptuous treats of this year's holiday season, two hours of fascinating movement and sometimes astonishing beauty. It is at once brand new, perhaps even pioneering, and reassuringly familiar, the combination of two long-established disciplines to create something strikingly fresh and original...
This season the holiday exotica that can be ordered by mail are more extravagant than ever. Neiman-Marcus, the tony Texas chain, has sent the 350,000 customers on its nationwide mailing list a batch of Christmas gift suggestions that range from monogrammed "passports" for pet dogs or cats ($18) to an edible Monopoly set made of several kinds of chocolate ($600), and a Wooton desk that once belonged to Queen Victoria ($150,000). In Manhattan, trendy Bloomingdale's is countering with the perfect gift for the aspiring Truman Capote for $100,000 the store will arrange a holiday...
...mail-order surge is by no means confined to holiday hedonism. While mail order has long been a mainstay for publishers of magazines and books, other firms are being lured into the field, partly because of its attractive economics. Fancy catalogues can be expensive to prepare and distribute, but it costs even more to maintain stores and sales staffs; and mailorder firms generally enjoy a profit of 6% on sales, whereas that of conventional retailers...