Word: ostrichized
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That's right, ostriches. Lured by the promise of doubling or even tripling their investment, Americans from Maine to California are flocking to buy the big birds, convinced that they're on to the hottest thing since the chinchilla craze of the 1950s. Suzanne Shingler, part owner of Fowler Farms near Albany, Ga., has discovered the magic of ostrich farming, and the gaze she directs at the large ivory-colored egg in her hands has all the gleam of a gold-rush prospector's. "In a few months," chirps Shingler, "this precious baby will be worth $6,000." It will...
Savenor's was known for its unique food selection, including ostrich eggs, elephant nose soup, deer paws and wild game such as giraffe and zebra...
...wistful glints of remembered magic unfolds a plot aptly concerning two moribund musical theaters, one on the Great White Way, the other in dusty Deadrock, Nev. In both cases the solution is said to be simple: put on a bouncy, pretty, old-fashioned and campily funny extravaganza, heavy on ostrich feathers and light on social significance, and people will come flocking back...
...kiss." Actually, the place is a lot livelier than that. It is a seething agglomeration of jazz halls, Zydeco joints, R.-and-B. clubs, great restaurants, all-night bars -- and, of course, Mardi Gras. Where else would a city's business and social leaders don sequined costumes, ostrich plumes, masks and fake beards, and climb atop 20-ft.-high floats and throw trinkets to the masses...
...women have a lot in common. Both have effortless charm and a popular touch that politicians would kill for. The camera worships them: Queen Mum in her spun-sugar hat, pastel coat anchored by a huge, gem-laden brooch and a dusting of ostrich feathers; Diana in her elegant column of silk or her inspired off-duty wardrobe (including a Philadelphia Eagles jacket). These women just don't take a bad picture. Perhaps only the Pope is as photogenic...