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Each year George Washington gains more luster in our reveries on how we got where we are. Our sophisticated scholarship and painstaking restoration, which so often dismantle heroes, have revealed the human dimensions of the father of the country but have failed to dim the aura of greatness that clings to Washington, whose 251st birthday we mark next week...
...Thatcher wraps up her year a stunning winner, her iron-lady image polished to a high luster abroad, her stature as a political leader restored at home. It was a year that, thanks to a war 8,000 miles away, she will mark as a turning point in her fortunes. As a British businessman puts it: "In 1982 Prime Minister Thatcher restored our national pride." Her rating in the polls is up to 44%, and many Britons confidently predict that she would win an election handily if she chose to call...
...predecessors." That battle cry from the Governor-elect signals merely the latest assault wave on the court. Whether the damage was done by Bird, her critics or both, the sad result is that this state court, once reputed to be the nation's best, has lost both its luster and its leadership role...
...week-long All Savers free-for-all was hardly unique. These days millions of investors are being badgered by conflicting advice from bankers and brokers. That is because sliding interest rates are shaking up the entire investment industry. As the luster has faded from such multi-billion-dollar investment lures as money-market mutual funds and six-month bank certificates of deposit, investment experts have been scrambling to come up with new high-yield alternatives that will appeal to safety-conscious investors...
...hospital in Monte Carlo that bears her name, and in which she died. Terence Cardinal Cooke of New York called her "a lesson in Catholic motherhood," and Brigitte Bardot called her "l'Altesse Frigidaire"-Her Majesty the Frigidaire. She is widely credited with giving Monaco the dignity and luster, and of course the splendid tax loophole, in the person now of Prince Albert, the heir apparent, that have helped to bring the once dilapidated old clip joint its present considerable prosperity. She conferred honor on Graustark by allying it with Hollywood...