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...Aladdin, which made the switch to revues in March. "The performers have absolutely no regard for the casino operator. People don't want to pay $40 or $50 a ticket to see them." Indeed, after Labor Day, only three Vegas casinos, Caesars Palace, the MGM Grand and the Riviera, plan to book headliners, less than half the number often years...
...chief executive of one of the world's wealthiest countries, Fahd has in recent years become something of a workaholic, although he still keeps palatial mansions in Riyadh, London, Marbella, Geneva and on the Riviera, as well as a 3,600-ton yacht, The Atlantis, in which he cruises the Mediterranean. Says Arabist Peter Iseman: "Fahd has a conspicuously more global vision than a great majority of his brothers. Yet being with him is similar to taking a warm bath: he is extremely agreeable, warm, charming, witty." Friends say he is especially devoted to his son Abdul Aziz...
...charms of the Riviera, Biarritz, Menton, Nice, Sorrento, the Lido and Egypt are to be found in Boca Raton. International society demands Boca Raton, the premier of cosmopolitan resorts. The silvery sea . . . lazy lagoons. . . endless canals winding through a labyrinth of loveliness . . . unite to make living here almost beyond realness in its ideality...
...skyscrapers that deface the ancient skyline of Jerusalem, the pornography found in its theaters, the garish nightclubs-all are the result of rapid Western industrialization under Israeli rule. Jerusalem must not be treated as just another tourist attraction like New York, Holly wood or the French Riviera. To their credit, the Israelis do protect the religious places. But it is not merely individual shrines that are sacred; the entire city is holy. An internationalized Jerusalem governed by a commission headed by the chief religious leaders of Judaism, Christianity and Islam would spare the city from further secularization...
...never met, at Perino's in Los Angeles. "My impression was that Bradshaw was just doing his homework for his new job, getting the feel of the medium," Tinker recalled as he relaxed last week at the Hôtel La Voile d'Or on the French Riviera. "We had a relaxed, wide-ranging discussion that had nothing to do with jobs. I enjoyed meeting with him and simply went back to my office...