Word: polloi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...expanse of concrete and steel splayed across 2 million sq. ft. of desert called Ontario Mills. It's the latest fashion in malls, boasting two tyrannosaurian movieplexes totaling 54 screens, as well as glitzy entertainment and retail hot spots like Off Rodeo Drive that sell designer duds at hoi polloi prices. Roseanne sat down for a bite in celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck's cafe-in-a-mall. But she realized her baby Buck needed a changing table. No changing table on this menu. So Roseanne let loose a blue streak and headed off to boogie at the Virgin Megastore...
...neighbors didn't want Meier's signature white surfaces glaring at them in the Pacific sun, and the metal cladding panels were accordingly colored a pale tan. They insisted on, and got, strict limits to the height of the buildings. And they hated the idea of culture-curious hoi polloi, 1.3 million of them expected each year, looking down into their backyards. One woman feared that visitors to the Getty would look across the valley from a spur on the site and see her sunbathing by her pool. Meier took her up to this promontory and asked her to point...
...sets out in life to remain obscure? Fame is fun--and vindication. One need never be lonely, anywhere, ever. Fame has style, glamour, money, attention; ignites the sudden light of recognition in strangers' eyes, commands the comic deference of headwaiters as they sweep you past the serfs and hoi polloi to the best table...
...island management keeps its tenants' identities a closely guarded secret, enforced by a 45-member security force that patrols the 216-acre island. The only access to Fisher Island is by private ferry, helicopter or yacht. If that doesn't keep the hoi polloi at bay, then property prices averaging nearly $2 million will...
...city, get to write off 50% of the expense for tax purposes, which means the taxpayers down in the cheap seats are footing part of the bill for the alleged client wooing going on upstairs. And in the case of arenas and stadiums built with public funds, hoi polloi are having their pockets picked twice...