Word: parisian
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...notices that her "dead-black hair is not entirely her own." He catches a party glimpse of John Jacob Astor III, "slow but agreeable, and much too red in the face." Wherever he goes, Schuyler is publicly deferential, as befits an aging favor seeker. Privately, this self-described "effete Parisian" fills his journal with barbed, often uproarious observations on this "vigorous, ugly, turbulent realm...
Marisa's father was the late Robert L. Berenson, a proper Bostonian and career diplomat. Her granduncle was the art historian Bernard Berenson. Her mother Gogo, now the Marchesa Cacciapuoti di Giuliano, was the daughter of Elsa Schiaparelli, the Parisian designer who introduced colors like shocking pink to the sober world of 1930s haute couture...
...Radcliffe freshman will return a dozen issues of a century-old Parisian newspaper to Widener Library today, almost 50 years after they were stolen from the library's periodical room...
...10CC, though unfortunately they will be in separate locations. Former Traffic member Mason, living comfortably due to the success of his latest album Split Coconut, will be at the Music Hall along with his band. For those who prefer the cosmopolitan rock of 10CC, they, along with their "Parisian Revue," will be at the Orpheum. As a special attraction, the group Streetwalker will be making its debut. Former Family members Roger Chapman and Charlie Whitney compose this group's core and if that's any indication of the band's quality, they shouldn't be missed...
...unprepossessing gray stucco building in the working-class Parisian suburb of Boulogne hardly looks like an official seat of government. No bronze plaque or carved insignia identifies the occupants of the four-room ground-floor apartment at 56 Avenue Jean-Jaures as ministers of a republic that is almost a half-century old. Inside, however, there are clues. A large reproduction of Picasso's Guernica adorns one wall, and a small, faded red, yellow and purple flag flutters above a desk cluttered with state documents. Here last week, as they have for the past 30 years, the ministers...