Word: luxus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...word in the great pursuit of pleasure is Luxus, or luxury. It is commonly used these days to describe ashtrays, bathrooms, cars, furnishings, graphics, holidays -- just about anything used in everyday life that is well- designed or distinctive. Frequently it means something outrageously expensive. G&M, a mail-order house in Bavaria, caters specifically to such tastes, offering a catalog of 273 "carefully selected luxury gifts," with a total value of $26.5 million; among them are a Tabriz rug for $964,000 and a gold-plated record player for $75,000. Dieter Schiwietz, a Hamburg plastic surgeon, says women...
...cornucopia of wealth and well-being has brought some strange insecurities. "Luxus is a way of trying to making yourself different from others," complains Munich socialite Heidi Schoeller, the wife of a banker. "Money doesn't mean very much in a society where everyone...
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