Word: lavish
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Henry Myron Blackmer, 92, elusive Teapot Dome swindler, an oil-rich dandy nicknamed ''Darling of the Gods" for his lavish sprees during the West's reckless frontier era; in Geneva, Switzerland. Blackmer fled to France in 1924 to avoid questioning in the Harding Administration oil scandal and fought off all U.S. extradition efforts, but after 25 years in self-exile, by then a half-blind octogenarian without a country, he paid up $4,000,000 in back taxes, returned to face federal trial, where he was fined another $20,000 for income-tax evasion and then...
...stocky, bespectacled fellow, Estes lived with his wife and five children in the most lavish house in the town of Pecos. It had palm trees out front, a 52-ft. living room with an artificial waterfall at one end. a 45-ft. swimming pool, and barbecue equipment capable of roasting three steers at once. As signs of his influence beyond the boundaries of Pecos, Estes displayed on the walls of his office autographed photos of President Kennedy, Vice President Johnson, Harry Truman...
Amsterdam last week was decorated with a million tulips, a billion gaily colored lights, and the most lavish array of royalty that Europe has seen since the coronation of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. To celebrate Queen Juliana's 53rd birthday and 25th wedding anniversary, five other reigning monarchs and a pride of princes trooped to The Netherlands. In a three-day round of banquets, balls and royal rubbernecking that left even the doughty Dutch amazed at their red-blooded stamina, the bluebloods seemed less of an anachronism-and considerably more attractive-than café society...
...False Modesty. The ritual begins on Feb. 1 of each year. By then, the Advisory Board-twelve newspaper executives appointed to four-year, unsalaried terms in office, the president of Columbia and a secretary-has reaped a lavish harvest of entries (more than 720 this year...
...Despite special tutors, he was an indifferent student. Only flying seemed to interest the short (5 ft. 3 in.), slim, red-haired youth, and in 1941 he finally got his wings. In the air Vasily won the reputation of a daredevil pilot; during the postwar years, he occupied a lavish, heavily guarded 30-room villa at Dallgow, near Potsdam, earned notoriety as caring only for drink and women. Partial to cruel practical jokes, he enjoyed rousing high-ranking officials in the middle of the night, barking ''This is Stalin," and demanding some special privilege...