Word: plum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Poverty of Success. Established wine makers led the planting rush. Paul Masson, a subsidiary of Seagram's, is increasing its grape lands around Monterey by 10,000 acres, an area two-thirds the size of Manhattan. Christian Bros. is uprooting plum orchards in order to plant vines. St. Helena's Louis M. Martini Co. stepped up production by one-fourth last year. "Like most of the family wineries, we are taking out just enough money to live on and plowing the rest back into the business," says Louis P. Martini, son of the founder. "We have never been...
...generalization. And for once children are portrayed without any of the usual cuteness: Tina's two girls are devoid of any charm. They are brats pure and simple. Benjamin is slimy and nervous, like a persnickety housewife himself: everything must be just so-the salad, the furniture, the damson plum preserves. Snodgrass' real housewife is suitably hassled and frustrated by the mad world around her, but she meets it head-on: this is no sob story of a woman lost in an overbearing situation not of her own making. Perhaps her madness consists only of her willingness to fight...
Elegance is all-important. Describing a pimp in a clothing store, Soulful Spider observed: "His eyes get big, and he gets to buying things like plum pants, shirts and socks. Oh yeah, they colorful, colorful, colorful, soulfully colorful; colors that would definitely make a rainbow look bad." About jewels worn at a party, another pimp rhapsodized: "There was one cat out of Miami, believe it or not had a diamond between his teeth, that's right. Had his ears pierced, had a diamond hanging out of his ear. Now that's what I call a lover...
...Plum Creek and Silver Lake
...chance of stealing the show from Milnes and Raimondi. The opening-night lead, though, is the biggest plum the Met can offer. In the hy-pertense backstage world of grand opera, Arroyo is a refreshingly unpretentious anti-diva-a cool, relaxed, blend of fun and kindness. Explaining how she got the part, she remarked characteristically, "My mother says it's because all the good singers were out of town...