Word: jeweler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Dior is the jewel in Arnault's crown, and he has entrusted the brash Galliano with polishing it. He says, "I love bringing young talents to the heart of an old house. Galliano has special links to Dior that you can feel: in design, style, romanticism and femininity. Of course, it is sometimes shocking--but fashion means something...
...other countries of the region if true economic growth is to occur. In the process, Museveni and his proteges have begun to challenge the paradigms that have existed for more than a century, principally the French claim to an African sphere of influence with Zaire as the crown jewel. We hope this is a true awakening of our giant continent, beloved Africa. DAVID KINTU Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
...their story in the Cherokee town of Tahlequah, but it's Dogpatch, all right. Early in the novel the two Cherokee heroes, the legendary gunfighter Ned Christie and his pal Zeke Proctor, are drinking in Zeke's smokehouse as Ned nerves himself to propose marriage to Zeke's daughter Jewel. Ned stands up too quickly and bumps into a freshly butchered pig. "The sight of Ned smacking himself with a slab of shoat struck Zeke as hilarious...Zeke's funny bone was easily tickled, and when he had downed a quart or two of whiskey, he found plenty to laugh...
...with presumably affluent moviegoers who could say two hours later that yes, they had attended the Boston premiere of the prospective Box Office Smash of 1977, "Star Wars." So this is how a big commercial film presents itself to the public these days, I mused. No skyscanning spotlights, no jewel-bedecked starlets traipsing out of glossy limos, no obligatory horde of autograph hounds hanging out their tongues in anticipation of the next celebrity to step out of a chauffeured car onto the theater sidewalk. Just a lot of regular folks ready and willing to sweat out the wait and shell...
...Keating had been able to ride out the real estate crash that bankrupted operators just as smart as he was, bondholders might have got their money back. But that's a junk-bond if. The Phoenician, derided as a symbol of Keating's wretched excess, is a crown jewel for its new owner, ITT-Sheraton, and worth at least twice what Keating spent to build...