Word: mother-of-pearl
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...that really provides the bang for the buck. Zeffirelli and Costume Designer Dada Saligeri offer a regal gold and mother-of-pearl panoply: high atop a throne in the far reaches of the cavernous stage perches the black-clad, thousand-year-old Emperor (Swiss Tenor Hugues Cuenod, making his company debut at 84). For the first time the Met stage, which has swallowed whole such formidable productions as Nathaniel Merrill's 1966 Die Frau ohne Schatten, looks cramped. As is its custom, the Met declines to reveal the spectacle's cost, but best guesses run to about $1.5 million...
...brother whom I have pardoned, and who has my complete trust." As John Paul rose to leave, the two men shook hands. The Pope gave Agca, who will turn 26 next week, a small gift in a white box, a rosary in silver and mother-of-pearl. The Pope walked out. Agca was left standing alone, and the camera recorded a sudden look of uncertainty on his face. Perhaps he was thinking about the prospect of spending the rest of his life in jail for attempting to kill a man he did not know, a man who now came...
...wedding pyrotechnics remained entirely benign: the chain of bonfires lit all over the United Kingdom; the fireworks display, which also helped raise money for disabled people, who are one of Prince Charles' particular interests; and the subtle shimmers of graceful light from thousands of mother-of-pearl sequins on the bride's wedding gown. Designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel ultimately proved to be more adept at keeping close to the ground than Gildersleeve and Beevis. After putting the word around that they had prepared several back-up dresses in case of a security breach, they finally fessed...
...week, artificial Christmas trees constructed of wire loops draped with red and white paper streamers overshadowed the surrounding palms. The only signs of the martial law imposed on the country last September were a few added sentries. Inside the palace, a gilded, 20-ft. artificial tree, adorned with mother-of-pearl ornaments, stood in the great chandeliered reception hall. In contrast, the office of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was almost austere. Marcos last week talked with TIME Correspondent Roy Rowan, who sent this report...
...that it's mild indeed compared to the mania which swept the country between 1892 and 1898. In those days the army made pedalers out of cavalrymen, police speed traps caught "scorchers," and Diamond Jim Brady paid $10,000 for Lillian Russell's wheel. It has mother-of-pearl handlebars, spokes encrusted with jewels and-scandalous!-a custom-fitted seat...