Word: riche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...grip on how to give an image graphic clout, and his fixation on style as an end in itself all came out of his years of advertising and display work during the '50s for I. Miller, Lord & Taylor, Glamour and Vogue. By the end of this period he was rich, professionally famous and yearning for recognition as a serious artist...
...that really is rich, coming from a character who is completely at ease gabbing about his wife's gynecological problems, body dumps in Central America and the step-by-step procedure of killing a man in the gas chamber...
...want about communism, but those boys know how to structure a deal." A caterer on the subject of specialty bar mitzvahs: " 'Mr. Wonderful' is one of our biggest themes . . . Of the traditional variety. Top hat, white gloves." There are even old jokes. Broderick: "What's real money to the rich? she would ask. Usually in bed. A dollar ninety-eight, I would say. Talk of money always made me uncomfortable...
...Bible and Crown, the local pub. From there, it is on to expeditions in search of other watering houses that have not been rendered horrible by modern redecoration. At one such ruined spot, Peter pays ironic tribute to the affluent society: "In the bad old days only very rich people could hope to enjoy surroundings like these. Now they're within the reach of all." While the men pub-crawl, the wives gossip, drink wine and discuss the problems of having idle men about the premises: "It's quite a problem for retired people . . . All of a sudden the evening...
...Backstroke--1. Richard Hughes. Princeton. 48.61**; 2. Dave Berkoff, Harvard, 48.65; 3. Rich Russey. Brown, 51.27; 4. Peltier, Harvard, 51.49; 7. Dan Simkowitz, Harvard...