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Word: prunier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1958-1958
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...managed to stay in the pink in Russia, where caviar cost $1.35 a portion, cognac up to $2.25 a snifter. He wears custom-made suits from London and monogrammed shirts from Paris (though they do nothing for his built-in rumples). Asked his favorite color, Gunther beams: "Smoked salmon-Prunier's, of course, not Reuben's." Nor would Host Gunther dream of serving domestic champagne at his massive parties. For one gala, co-hosted at the Gun-thers' house by Claude Philippe of the Waldorf, liveried footmen carried scrolls to invite the 80 guests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Insider | 4/14/1958 | See Source »

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