Word: lanfranco
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Real Gossip. Less attractively, the charity ball has spawned the Society Public Relations Agent. Manhattan's leading agents are Count Lanfranco Rasponi and Marianne (Mrs. Stephen van Rensselaer) Strong. Each also has restaurant and hotel accounts, and some "personal" accounts-Outs who want In badly enough to pay retainers ranging from $500 to $1,000 a month...
Merit Badges. Charities would obviously be better off if donors just sent their checks straight on to the Boys Club or whatever. But there is not much excitement in that. Explains Count Lanfranco Rasponi, a fortyish Italian bachelor whose title gives him an extra cachet as a society adviser and ball arranger: "Life at home as such is becoming extinct in certain circles. The dinner is generally catered, one always sees the same waiters and often the same menu. People are finding that they have more fun at balls...
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