Word: plushly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this takes much time to set up, the talk is at least drivel-free in a way the pompous Star Trek is not, and interest is sustained by Peter Ellenshaw's marvelous effects and designs, particularly of Schell's ship; in its amusing mixture of the plush and the technological, it recalls Captain Nemo's submarine in Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. But it is when the visitors have to start fighting their way out of Schell's clutches that the picture begins to take...
...International Inn, Washington, D.C.--tall, modern, plush carpeting, tasteful furniture, color TV, heat-sensitive elevator buttons, expensive coffee shops and a heated pool enclosed by a transparent glass bubble which hotel officials can open up, observatory style, when the sun begins to turn the people inside into ants under a magnifying glass. After a leisurely afternoon backfloating, guests can dine on filet mignon at poolside...
Altar boys find themselves with entirely new responsibilities as the afternoon wears on. The red plush carpet, covered all night with plastic like someone's aunt's living room furniture, is uncovered, and the Hoovers are brought out for a thorough cleaning of the rug His Holiness will tred...
...spirited men jousting with civilized culture--Don Quixotes turned competent. Introduced as the world's pre-eminent polo player, Fabian, Passion Play's knight errant, is first found scrounging around New York City for a practice field. His dominant talent and penchant for revenge have driven him from the plush meadows of polo estates. Playing one on one matches with wealthy opponents, writing books about the dangers of horse-back riding, living on a retainer at the beck of rich polo patrons, Fabian has actually earned a living at polo. But he never settles down, he's always after...
...skirmishing off Iceland was only a warmup for next week's activities in London. At the plush Cafe Royal banquet hall, representatives of the 22 member nations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) will gather for their 31st annual conference since the protective body's founding in 1946. Disdained in past years as a private whalers' club that supports the estimated $650 million industry by setting excessively liberal whale-kill quotas (this year's total was 20,102), the IWC, under its youthful new chairman, Thordur Asgeirsson, 37, could do much this year to change...