Word: ritz
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...FIRST TIME that Harvard's student press encountered Neil Rudenstine, he was slipping out a side entrance of Boston's Ritz Carlton Hotel. His head buried in his jacket to shield his face from the cameras, Rudenstine dove into a waiting limousine, reportedly slouching behind the tinted windows to avoid the gaze of a small band of reporters...
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers -- those legendary names are as synonymous with sophistication as a jet-black tuxedo, the snow-white swirl of an evening gown, a Ritz cracker . . . A Ritz cracker? According to Astaire's widow, a subsidiary of Nabisco Brands hoped to create just such a connection when it released a million packages of its familiar Ritz snack crackers decorated with dancers in formal dress. Though the faces seem airbrushed, Mrs. Astaire and the very much living Ginger Rogers see an uncanny resemblance to a photo of the famed Hollywood hoofers from the 1935 hit film...
LAST WEEK, the search committee flexed its muscles by having Crimson reporters unceremoniously ejected from looby of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Why? Because the committee was interviewing Neil L. Rudenstine, former provost of Princeton University and a highly respected foundation executive. The reporters had not even attempted to interview anyone. They were just waiting in the lobby...
When Rudenstine emerged from the Ritz-Carlton, the Kremlinesque committee had him shield his face and dive into a limousine like a mobster about to be arraigned...
...Monday, The Crimson exclusively reported that Rudenstine, who is a former provost of Princeton University, dined with the eight-member committee on Sunday evening in a secret meeting at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel...