Word: out-of-the-way
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...announce the marriage of a middle-aged multimillionaire, who has just divorced his third wife, to the young and fashionable daughter of another multimillionaire. Last week the world got a hint that in the publicity-conscious 20th century, such an occasion should be arranged in out-of-the-way places with the secrecy that money can command...
Some of the millionaires, of course, like to indulge expensive tastes. Walter Davis, 42, of Odessa, Texas, saw a need for a trucking business to haul oil from out-of-the-way wells to central pipelines, borrowed $5,000 and built a business that has earned him at least $7,000,000; now he lives in a $700,000 house and enjoys gambling $100,000 a weekend on college football games. Even those who are less flamboyant like to live well: John Diebold has a 16th century living room that was transported stick by stick from Sussex, England; Pittsburgh Theater...
...staging a play and cocktail party, and Shoe Magnate Harry Karl, husband of Debbie Reynolds, forked out $1,600 to rent an "executive bus" for two weeks, along with drivers, food and beverages. He plans to take a small group of friends on a tour of his out-of-the-way stores...
...foreign businessmen who buy the book (for $20 a copy) are finding it valuable both to locate suppliers in out-of-the-way places and to attract potential customers. Where no listing is given, subscribers can call on an additional service: the yellow book will run a special check on a particular kind of business. Among recent requests: a Moroccan inquiry for the names of U.S. nudist-magazine publishers...
...Room. A rare blend of innkeeper and conservationist, Rockefeller has until now specialized in the Caribbean, building quiet, out-of-the-way resorts on Bali-Ha'i beaches with 24-carat accommodations-Caneel Bay on St. John's, Little Dix Bay on Virgin Gorda, Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico. Mauna Kea may prove his biggest resort investment so far. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the hotel is a tiered, four-story structure whose 154 rooms surround palm-filled inner courtyards. Guests with rooms facing west gaze out on a beach with sand the consistency of powdered sugar...