Word: riche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lampoon: is real rich...
Celebrity bashes are not the Kremlin's forte, but last week's coming- out party for Mikhail Gorbachev was worthy of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. The stars that shone at the glamorous gala ranged from literature (Graham Greene) through economics (John Kenneth Galbraith) to fashion (Pierre Cardin). The only common denominator seemed to be that the guests had world-size reputations and were willing to give a polite hearing to the Kremlin's pitch for peace...
...wizards at running just about everything, from talking bears to ballistic missiles -- but they cannot yet settle an argument. In fact, they are the cause of a fierce controversy between the U.S. and Japan, whose ill-matched trade balances have become a perennial source of friction. The conflict is rich in intrigue and deception, involving illegal practices, predatory salesmen, a suitcase brigade and even a smoking gun. At stake is not only the future of the $11.4 billion U.S. semiconductor industry but also the fate of the sophisticated weapons systems on which national security depends...
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (from the "New World"). Christoph von Dohnanyi conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (London). Out of the media spotlight, Dohnanyi has been quietly restoring the full luster of the Cleveland Orchestra since he succeeded Lorin Maazel in 1984. Rich, detailed and burnished, this handsome "New World" Symphony shows why the Cleveland under its German-born leader is now the best-sounding orchestra in the country. Pass the word...
...astonishing price tag drove home just how superheated London's upscale residential-property market has become. The reason: a recent influx of cash- rich foreigners, most notably Arabs and Americans, and well-paid fugitives from the so-called "stockbroker belt" south of London who want to reduce the time they spend commuting to and from their offices in the city's revitalized financial district. An offer to buy the $60,000 closet was made by a woman who was weary of commuting to the capital from a bedroom exurb, but the wave of publicity caused her to withdraw...