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...flavor of Wolsey's and Henry VIII's day, as the result of an elaborate restoration job performed by the Ministry of Works. But the restoration has also given the art world an extra dividend: in restoring the 16th century paintings, the ministry uncovered some rare and priceless specimens from the 15th. One official has called them as exciting as the Leonardo cartoon owned by the Royal Academy...
...undo in a few days the work of generations of men," he continued. "And a community which has begun to suspect itself, where rumblings of discontent cannot be openly examined and discussed, has lost a priceless possession...
...liaison between the committees and very little within them-six or seven separate plans for rural reconstruction have been drawn up, and none are really working. Moreover, U.S. advisers complain that units of the South Vietnamese army can hardly make a move without first clearing it with Saigon, wasting priceless time in striking back at the guerrillas...
...held in place with a tiara blazing with diamonds and six lime-sized emeralds from the Iranian crown jewels. Other multi-carat emeralds and diamonds adorned a collar at her throat-and Jeweler Harry Winston, who had recently restyled her jewels especially for the party, described them as priceless. Jackie Kennedy, never one to be overshadowed, wore a chic Chez Ninon ball gown with a sleek white silk top and a "hot pink" silk skirt. Diamonds glistened in her ears and her hair, which had been whipped into a new coiffure known as "Brioche" and resembling a classical Japanese hairdo...
...high-fashion model is a slave to the camera, a good set of bones to the photographer, another 10% to the agent, a size 8-10 to the designer and, to herself, landlord over priceless property. She is undernourished (a pallid cheek is a cosmetic's best background), underweight (at an average height of 5 ft. 8 in., she weighs an average 112 Ibs., so that flesh does not detract from fabric cut), and overpaid (no less than $25 an hour, as much as $120). Her working life is short-at 30 she may drop overnight from a cover...