Word: spectacularity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rather than exert his ownership outright, Beebe often held control behind the scenes. One of his tactics was to stake friends like the high-flying financier Don Dixon, who relied on Beebe's backing to acquire Texas-based Vernon Savings & Loan in 1982 and rode the institution to a spectacular collapse...
...little too cold for swimming, but the ocean and sand are beautiful and the sunset is spectacular. Whether you're looking for a romantic week in a cozy bed-and-breakfast, or a place for leisurely bicycling through tumbling sand dunes, the Cape is a great, and relatively cheap, spring vacation spot...
Some of P-town's bars have spectacular night shows featuring comedians and female impersonators. But be warned--if you go to one of the funny drag shows, don't sit up front unless you can take a little ribbing. The entertainers like to interact with the audience, so don't be surprised if a man dressed as Marilyn Monroe leaves red smooch-marks all over your face and neck...
...goes well, the year's most spectacular photo opportunity will present itself in May, when Mikhail Gorbachev and Deng Xiaoping meet in Beijing. But this will be much more than a photo-op. Such a summit would formally end an important advantage enjoyed by the U.S. since Richard Nixon visited China in 1972: Washington could talk to the leadership in both Beijing and Moscow, but ; there was no high-level dialogue between the Soviets and the Chinese and virtually no significant contact at lower levels...
Infuse a 1940s Harlem nightclub act with a Busby Berkeley film's lavish budget, elbow room and staging style, restrain the raunch and remove the racial bitterness. The result: Black and Blue, the sumptuously spectacular $5 million revue that opened last week on Broadway. If Fred and Ginger had been black and still able to live in that elegant fantasy world, their shows might have looked a lot like this: rows of tap dancers in tailcoats or scarlet evening gowns; vast sets like lacquered jewel boxes gliding across the floor and opening to reveal a kick line; a singer...