Word: pinkness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...PINK FLOYD THE WALL...
Parisians, who think of their city as a paradigm of enlightened hedonism, do not quite know what to make of a gaudy new encampment in their midst. It is called the Hotel Nova-Park Elysées. Its Second Empire façade is festooned with flamingo-pink awnings. Inside, which is mostly mauve, the action is known to be exotic and costly. It is said to be the most expensive hotel in the world. Located between the Champs-Elysées and the Plaza Atheéneée, the seven-story, 73-room Nova-Park has mostly Swiss...
...depicted in the movie The Deer Hunter, whose home-town scenes were filmed in Weirton. "You just know everybody," says Fran Crow, 27, a third-grade teacher. Her husband John, 28, has been furloughed from his job as a Weirton Steel salesman, one of 2,600 who received a pink slip in the past two years. "At first I was thrilled," he says. "I thought I'd play a little golf." Now, he says, "it's scary...
Adjusting, always adjusting. Walt Hriniak, a scholarly coach with a pink face, is only 39 and has been with the Red Sox just six years, but the inscription on the back of his wristwatch says, "To Walt: Thanks. I wouldn't have made 3,000-400 without you." By his own calculations, Yaz has made "9 million adjustments and changes" in his batting stance over the years in order to continue to be able to get around on the fastball (should anyone ever chance to throw him one). At the plate in recent seasons, he has been listing forward...
...England, Reginald Kenneth Dwight. In standard police clothing and cruiser, Hackett and Dwight then casually drive the 15 blocks to the Gateway Arch. Once backstage, Dwight looks around, then begins to peel the blue to reveal a black matador outfit trimmed with gold sequins, a gold belt and a pink sash, and his true identity for more than a decade: Elton John, 35. The crowd gets its man, but the police lose a future New Centurion. Says Hackett wistfully: "He looks pretty good in uniform...