Word: lavishes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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AMARCORD. A great movie. Federico Fellini's autobiographical fantasy about growing up in the seaside town of Rimini is lavish, pungent, full to bursting with the kind of encompassing, consuming affection for people that is the property of the true poet...
...opponents. In the House debate last week, Minority Leader John Rhodes said that Rocky had been "probed, provoked, tried, tested and observed from virtually every conceivable angle and perspective." Yet nothing had come out to impugn his character. While acknowledging that he still had reservations about Rocky's lavish gifts to public officeholders, Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino argued that such misgivings were outweighed by the "totality of this man's experience, the totality of his dedication and talents...
...counterpoint, Manhattan's Whitney Museum has mounted a lavish historical show entitled "Photography in America...
...went over the itinerary, vetoing any ideas that seemed to be too dangerous. Among them was Ford's suggestion that he attend an exhibition baseball game between the New York Mets and a Japanese all-star team. Secret Service men carefully examined Ford's accommodations in the lavish 300-room Akasaka Palace, which was modeled on Versailles during 1899-1909 and refurbished recently at a cost of $33 million...
...Lavish Banquet. Kissinger then stopped in Islamabad, where he tried to fend off Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's request for American arms to match the $1 billion worth of military equipment that India has purchased from the Soviet Union since 1960. Kissinger promised Pakistan 100,000 tons of surplus wheat-but no arms. If Bhutto was disappointed, he did not show it. At a lavish banquet he happily toasted Kissinger as a "modern Metternich." On that complimentary note, Kissinger left for Iran to talk with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi about oil prices and the Middle East...