Word: riche
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...strange genre conventions in movies - that the rich girl will fall in love with the poor boy, or that people will choose to express themselves by bursting into song - surely the goofiest is the one at the heart of the traditional Western: that the good guy will be the best shot. Does that make any sense? Surely the villain will have had more practice, and with more live targets. Surely he will not wait for a sporting opportunity to murder. Yet there he is, at the wrong end of Main Street, about to be perforated by the unerring trajectory...
...carrying hydrogen bombs crashed near the base in 1968. "We are fragile, both in terms of the climate crisis and because of the military buildup in the Arctic," says Aqqaluk Lynge, president of Inuit Circumpolar Conference Greenland. Things don't always work out for small, oil-rich countries with indigenous populations, he says. "Every night I pray they don't find oil and gas in Greenland...
...this society of sudden economic freedom, newly rich capitalists are eager to clarify their social standing, so they turn to the obvious luxury must-haves: traditional French labels and expensive watches. That explains why Chanel, Lacoste and Dior rank in the top five brands with the highest level of recognition...
...severe and pulled together in a very French-women-don't-dare-get-fat way. But in person, she has an easy manner and is even a bit tousled. In the tearoom of the Plaza Athenée, around the corner from YSL's headquarters, Hermann stands out among the rich European women wearing tight jeans and toting suitcase-size designer bags. Angular and petite, she arrives carrying a miniversion of the patent-leather Downtown bag and unravels herself from an Army green trench coat to reveal a black-and-white checked dirndl skirt and sky-high sandals. Hermann confesses that...
...Armani in our blood, and we will die in an Armani Casa tomb!" says Roberta, 37, head of global and VIP communications, with a laugh. It's not that bad, though. For Silvana, 52, working as the head designer for the Emporio Armani women's label has been a rich experience. "We're always being stretched because he has his own point of view," she explains. "We prepare the collection, and then he comes in and gives his opinion. He is a perfectionist. You always believe you've given your best, and he thinks you can give more...