Word: stunners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lighted photograph of her in a Diaphanous dress showed clearly a few months ago), large luminous eyes, a sweet smile and the velvety skin and hair of a 19-year-old. Those qualities, plus her blushing innocence and aristocratic reserve, are what made her sexy, sophisticated debut such a stunner...
Brooke Shields, pretty Brookie, was already a big-league stunner when most of the models backstage at the Valentino show were still in high school, and now, rubbing slender elbows with them, she was definitely not outclassed. But she was 5 ft. 10 in. and a bit the last time anyone measured ("My doctor says I'm going to be 6 ft."); she doesn't wear heels much, and she wobbled a bit as she wandered around in a yellow strapless with a puff-sleeved jacket, waiting to be hung with jewelry. Wondrous astral bodies circulated about...
...Iranian reply this time was a stunner. "It was outrageous," bellowed one U.S. official. On Dec. 21, Tehran demanded the payment of $24 billion in cash and gold. That amount was the Iranian estimate of the value of the assets frozen by the U.S. Government, interest owed to Iran and the holdings of the late Shah's estate. American officials seriously considered breaking off the talks as hopeless. Instead, they decided to ignore the bizarre $24 billlion figure and to push ahead with the discussions. The Iranians never again mentioned the $24 billion demand...
...finest actresses on the English-speaking stage. And as Buxton reaches the heartbreaking conclusion that the one life she has to give for Hellas is the noblest life to have lived, she radiates a great and unforgettable purity of spirit. The final scene in this segment is a visual stunner. The rising wind whips the garment about Clytemnestra's knees. Alone, burnt-eyed, she raises an arm as she watches the Greek fleet under full sail, a Botticelli Venus transformed into the mater dolorosa...