Word: onassisism
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Khashoggi's flamboyant life-style, besides gratifying his own inclinations, is a calculated element in his way of doing business. "Flowers and light attract nightingales and butterflies," he says, a metaphor he prefers to the more homespun "catching flies with honey." As a schoolboy in Egypt, he would earn $100...
Only a few years ago, wearers of costume jewelry attracted sneers from fashion setters, who considered the plastic or glass baubles to be as chintzy as they were gaudy. But now imitation sapphires, rubies and diamonds have found both new stature and a new name. So-called faux (French for...
The 80 winners of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor announced last week were an eclectic roll call of America's ethnic heritage; among the recipients were Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Walter Cronkite and Muhammad Ali. But the list was even more varied than the award's sponsors realized. James Tamer...
To many Americans, it was the near equivalent of the royal wedding that Britain is preparing for, albeit with a slight reversal of roles. At Westminster Abbey this Wednesday, with suitable pomp and ceremony, Prince Andrew of the House of Windsor weds his commoner (but uncommon) love, Sarah Ferguson. But...
In the 1960s, Petrus was introduced to American wine lovers by the late Henri Soule, owner of the tony Le Pavillon restaurant in New York. Explains Alexis Lichine, author of A Guide to the Wines and Vineyards of France: "It was served at Le Pavillon in the days when Onassis...