Word: lavishness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...contrast to the lavish U.S. handout of tinsel and ribbon, the British Army, which has been more than two years longer in the war, has given only 10,896 medals; the British Navy, 6,570; the R.A.F...
...days or the local cafeterias were a far cry from the genteel Georgian and Hayes-Bick. Earlier College laws would indicate the former to be the case. For example, in 1655 students were required to"... weare modest and sober habit without strange, ruffian-like, or new-angled fashions, without lavish dresse for any excesses of aparal whatever," and they could not ".... weare long haire, locks or foretopps ..." nor indulge in the "... curling, crisping, parting or powdering their haire...
...extravaganza is Mr. Wolper's first venture in the producing field and it should teach him not to listen to the Broadway theorists who claim that all you need for a hit these days is a couple of name stars, lavish, sets and costumes, and unusual lighting effects...
...Only by lavish expenditures of infantry has the enemy been able to gain ground. The fierce butchery of the last four days has been severe on two German units. Some companies have been reduced to a mere handful of men." U.S. and British troops took their losses, too. The survivors' reward was that they were holding the line...
Mexican Hayride (book by Herbert & Dorothy Fields; music & lyrics by Cole Porter; produced by Michael Todd) is a $225,000 tropical splurge. Better musicomedies have been swung on far less money, but Mexican Hayride is a smooth formula job - large-scale and lavish, with good dancing, fair tunes, pleasant people and plenty of Bobby Clark...