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...propelled, hush-hush tour of his own to two oil-rich neighbors and Syria. With Saudi Arabia's King Feisal and the Emir of Qatar, Sadat had discussed how best to use Arab oil and funds in the fight against Israel, and had wrung promises of lavish support. These commitments strengthened Sadat by leaving him less dependent on money from Libya's bubbling black gold...
...lower classes, Batista joined the army in 1921 and learned its inner workings by transcribing the political trials held in the regime of Gerardo Machado. In 1933 he seized control of the army and the country in a bloodless -but genuine-"sergeants' revolution." But he soon learned the lavish ways of Latin dictators: gambling and prostitution flourished in Havana while government officials built monumental bank accounts from sugar deals with the U.S. In an ill-considered play for popularity, Batista released hundreds of political prisoners in 1955; one of them, Fidel Castro, put together the Communist revolution that ousted...
...week, designer after designer produced winter collections clearly intended for the monied private customer who can afford to come in out of the cold-or stay in it -wearing the best. Fabrics for the look of "sportive de luxe," as Women's Wear Daily approvingly named it, were lavish and inimitable. Fur (including that of the endangered jaguar and snow leopard) flew everywhere...
...student expressed a desire to work in a particular city, McKinsey sent him or her there for a look. One student even got a trip to the Paris office. Sea Pines Company, a recreational land developer in Hilton Head Island, S.C., surprised the business schools with a lavish recruiting program, contacting 15% to 20% of the graduates at Harvard and Stanford. The company invited 50 M.B.A.s to South Carolina and hired at least eight from Harvard...
...00p.m.-The Alamo. This is an ultimate American film. John Wayne produced, directed, and starred in a twelve million dollar salute to chauvinism, racism, and what he feels is the American way. The money was spent on a full-scale model of the Alamo itself and the lavish staging of a full-hour battle sequence. A large part of the film is offensive, but much of it is exciting and fun, and it is worth watching if only to see John Wayne get skewered on a crowbar by one of Santa Ana's mean minions. It is something many...