Word: lavished
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Once again," said Prime Minister Bob Hawke of Australia, "TIME has scooped its competitors." While other Australian publications had been planning projects to mark the country's 200th birthday, TIME AUSTRALIA was unveiling its lavish special issue ahead of most of the pack. At a ceremony in Melbourne two weeks ago to launch the 128-page commemorative edition, Hawke declared, "In TIME AUSTRALIA, we have an example of an outstandingly successful news venture based on the world's greatest magazine, but already becoming identifiably Australian in character...
SPECIAL mention should go to Set Designer Regan McClellan. Unlike the usually lavish Mainstage sets, the set for Lie has an spare understatement that is wholly appropriate. The stage's vast desolation, with dividing lines down the middle, is just the right setting for the isolated, detached characters...
Neuharth did not help the company's balance sheet last month when he staged lavish fifth-anniversary parties in six cities, including a star-studded Los Angeles bash with Actress Angie Dickinson and Author Jackie Collins. Next project: a weekday half-hour television version of USA Today, scheduled to debut next fall...
...Privredna Banka, the Bosnian central bank, into providing guarantees for a steady flow of unsecured promissory notes issued by Agrokomerc. The guarantees made it possible for Agrokomerc to sell the notes for cash to other banks. Abdic plowed the proceeds into his ambitious development plans for the company and lavish community projects for Velika Kladusa, including an Olympic-size swimming pool...
Ample opportunities, of a sort, do await ruddy-faced networkers. There are intern parties. There are bars. But best of all, there are free Congressional receptions where trade associations lavish huge sums of money to line up prospective allies...