Word: onassisism
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"I Guess Not." Soprano Callas sang quite another tune: the break had occurred during the cruise, all right, but the timing was "purely coincidental-it had been coming for a long time." Its real source, she hinted, was her dissatisfaction over her husband's activities as her private impresario...
Shipowner Onassis sang a variation on the Callas theme: "Friends have described me as a sailor," went his barcarolle. "Sailors do not usually go for sopranos." But, he added, "I would indeed be flattered to have a woman of her class fall for me."
This elaborate counterpoint confused even Confidante Maxwell, tireless companion of the rich, who had just thrown her annual party at Venice's Danieli. After consulting her friend "Ari," she supplied a breathless answer to the question of whether Callas and Onassis would marry: "I guess not."
Meanwhile, Tina Onassis left her husband's yacht in Venice and retreated with her children to Paris; through her secretary she insisted that she "completely trusts her husband." Onassis commuted between Venice and Milan, finally scooped up Callas in his private plane and embarked on a cruise to Greece...
"I Created Callas." If it wasn't love, what did Onassis see in Callas? Perhaps what he saw was a way to add new luster to all that money. "Onassis has his billions and wants to polish up his tankers, using the name of a great star," explained Meneghini...