Word: lido
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Talk about double-entendre. For the big-production opening and closing numbers of Cinemactress Shirley Mac-Laine's television special, the Bluebells from Paris' famed Lido nightclub were called upon to dance two almost identical versions. Avec bras for U.S. television, a CBS special to be aired May 20. But then, performing before a sophisticated audience at the Lido that included Monaco's Princess Caroline and le Tout-Paris, the chorus danced the same routines sans bras for a later broadcast on European television. Vive les différences...
...Lido Anthony lacocca was born in Allentown, Pa., into what can be described as a Ford family. His father drove a Model T, launched one of the nation's earliest rent-a-car agencies, made and lost several pre-Depression fortunes by renting Fords and trading in local real estate. Young Lido decided he wanted to enter the auto business, preferably with Ford. He got an engineering degree at nearby Lehigh University, signed on with Ford as a trainee, earned a master's in engineering at Princeton and then surprised Ford recruiters by rejecting a quiet career...
...brass charts are pleasantly aggressive, and more lyrical overall. The chorus is a nice surprise, employing an unexpected chord progression that grows maddeningly on the listener despite the fact that it's virtually impossible to whistle, sing or hum. "Gimme the Goods" revives the sad small-time hoods of "Lido Shuffle," still looking for that one last job to put them on Easy Street. This time, the tune is much more funky, a roaring big-band epic that pulls out all the stops. Steve Lukather kicks in a gine guitar solo here, and its passion points up the relative sterility...
...traffic during the day but it can still be perilous after dark. Yet in most other sections of the city day or night, restaurants and discos are open and busy; action has even returned to the baccarat tables and slot machines the Casino du Liban, near Jounieh, though its Lido-style floor show has yet to reopen. In warm weather, Beirut's St Georges swimming club, located next to the internationally renowned burned-out hotel of the same name, has reopened for swimming, sunning and girl watching Owner Michel Nader, who spent $500,000 to refurbish his club, left...
...know why I stayed away so long," said Andrew Wyeth, 59, on his first trip to Europe. The artist flew to Paris on the Concorde, caught the floor show at the Lido and strolled around the city. "The intricacy of the buildings fascinates me," he reflected. "It's such a contrast to New England with its simplicity." With the help of Sons Nicholas and Jamie, Wyeth readied himself for the real reason for his visit: his induction into the prestigious Academic des Beaux-Arts. Only the second American painter to receive the honor-the first was John Singer Sargent...