Word: lavishly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gurgling stream cascades through lavish tropical undergrowth. Orchids twine among ferns; palm fronds weave a dense canopy. But those palms bend a trifle too symmetrically, and there is something mechanical about the way a monarch butterfly flutters its wings. In fact, "it's all an illusion," says Linda Lewis, creator of this ersatz jungle. She is in about as specialized a business as exists: creating artificial environments, including the synthetic palms at the Mirage in Las Vegas. It is a business, however, that has taken off worldwide in the past decade or so. As more and more states and localities...
...heart of Anastasia, there is a fundamental lack of character development that the movie needs in order not to become a string of disjointed lavish set pieces. Despite its majestic beauty, Anastasia can lapse into a depersonalized spectacle...
...year Sony veteran, a physicist who in his early years as Sony America chief had been competent enough in overseeing its lucrative electronics and music businesses. The company's disastrous foray into Hollywood, however, "changed Mickey," as one Tokyo-based Sony director puts it. Schulhof's lavish spending to remodel Sony's Madison Avenue headquarters had already drawn grumbles in Tokyo. The studio, led by Jon Peters and Peter Gruber, had gone through money the way film runs through a projector. Meanwhile, Sony's hardware team lost faith in their leader...
...excluded from the lavish world that Norfleet has put on display. Two women's backs block the foreground. All we catch is the smoke of their cigarettes trailing up into the sky. One woman, her skin as taught as plastic surgery might allow, stares virtually through us. Her sunglasses shade her from the sun and the world as the viewer knows...
Really successful writers give their readers a world they know intimately, and Harold certainly knew his world. From his luxurious yachts in the south of France to his lavish jet-set parties, Harold was king. He was larger than life and a real charmer. I will miss him and his ferocious talent. But his books will go on entertaining forever...