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...actually in their 30s and mothers of three children each. Marilynn, a wife-mother-student, is ecstatic to be here alone: "I've never had a room of my own before." The mother and daughter with matching sulks are inveterate spa-hoppers. They are accustomed to the "pamper places," where guests are practically carried to exercise class, and they find life at Canyon Ranch irritatingly spartan. They are especially cross about being asked to think. "We have to choose our own classes here," whines one. The quiet blond in the corner has been here for six months...
...adoring Laura how he refused: "Lady Dorothea is lovely and Engaging; I prefer no woman to her; but know Sir, that I scorn to marry her in compliance with your wishes. No! Never shall it be said that I obliged my Father." Edward and Laura set off to pamper their emotions and sponge off relatives and friends: "The affectionate entreaties of Augustus and Sophia that we would for ever consider their House as our Home, easily prevailed on us to determine never more to leave them...
...Europe, Swissair has turned the plush service into a big moneymaker. Unlike most European carriers, Swissair is owned primarily by private investors rather than by the government. It is also one of the most consistently profitable international airlines (1980 earnings: $23 million). Swissair's strategy is to pamper its passengers, especially business travelers, who make up an astonishing two-thirds of its customers within Europe. First-class flyers, for example, sink into seats covered in brown leather instead of common cloth, and they can listen to music over stereo headsets rather than through plastic earplugs...
...entirely-trustworthy girlfriend (Sondra Locke), a bumbling gang of neo-Nazi motorcyclists and an orangutan named Clyde, who steals the show with animal athletics and a vocabulary of obscene grimaces. Eastwood, who can be a compelling, charming screen actor, seems content here to watch the other performers pamper their eccentricities while he stands off to one side, as glum and immobile as a Teamster's ashtray...
...Hollywood, Fla., just north of Miami, 1,200 people crowd each evening into a fancy, $900,000 bingo hall. Its owners pamper the players with valet parking, waitresses and armed escorts to their cars after the games. Small wonder: the nightly super jackpot can run as high as $19,000. Top prizes at other Florida bingo games are limited...