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...Have Him" (1949), by Nancy Wilson (1962) on "Capitol Sings Irving Berlin." But really "I've got to have him"; this two-part song from "Miss Liberty" itemizes the domestic indulgences a wife, then a mistress would lavish on the man they share. Starting sassy (a younger Eartha Kitt) and growing by turns mellow and desolate, Wilson gives a bravura performance the more remarkable for its emotional precision...
Guests reminisced about Pusey’s life in the lavish Harvard Hall, where a portrait of Pusey was prominently displayed, accompanied by three votive candles...
...trip to visit her former chef. They did not even exchange words; they just gazed into each other’s eyes. The two eloped in Monte Carlo and honeymooned in Marrakesh, much to the chagrin of Christina’s mom, who had been hoping for a lavish celebration in the Hamptons. They humored her however, by inviting her to an endless stream of grand festivities in their spectacular home—modeled after the pyramid of the Louvre. Jean-Claude’s work as a noted mime will pose a few problems in their relationship, but Christina...
...OFFICE PARTY Partying like it's 1999? No one else is. One study says firms will spend 15%-75% less this year on holiday affairs, as once lavish fetes are drastically downscaled (example: at Estee Lauder, talk of holding potluck lunches) or money once spent on celebration goes to charity. One sign of revelry in reverse: champagne makers fear holiday sales may be as flat as day-old Cristal...
...language classes, however, have trouble having individual class parties due to the fact that these classes are taught by TFs, who, unlike professors, are not reimbursed for party expenditures. Debra N. Prager, a Germanic Languages and Literatures graduate student whose love for parties has driven her to bring in lavish chocolate sweets for her Fairy Tales section and to dress in full Medieval garb from the ART for her Medieval Court section, has made huge efforts to provide an off-campus party for her German A class. She said one of her most vivid memories of her days socializing with...