Word: stylishness
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...entertains friends in the Jacuzzi she calls her "golden pond." Every month she gathers with fellow members of the Bay at the Moon Society, a group of large-lunged Texans who meet at a different ranch to sing and holler at the midnight sky. "Aging has become very stylish," Carpenter concludes happily. "All the best people are doing...
...York, the home of the original. Frightened by a shaky market (and perhaps having exhausted their ingenuity), restaurateurs began to think small, and the future of the epic theme eatery is much in doubt. A stronger trend in dining out is the renaissance of Italian cuisine in stylish settings -- beating the fancy French at their own game...
...make-over cannot be finished in time for Christmas. In the South Korean factory where the unsold Ollies languish, workers will refit the doll with a new Gorbachev head, complete with the famous wine-stain birthmark on the scalp. The Marine uniform will be replaced by a stylish Italian suit. The clothes will be be padded to mimic the Soviet leader's bulky physique. From the neck down, the plastic Gorbachev is actually a knockoff of Ken, the Barbie doll's popular boyfriend...
...Stylish and outspoken, Raisa Gorbachev is the antithesis of earlier Soviet First Ladies. The public rarely saw the wives of Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev, but Mrs. Gorbachev turns up by her husband's side at official functions. In the U.S.S.R., such high visibility is considered unseemly. Her taste for designer clothes strikes many of her comrades as ostentatious. Soviet wags have dubbed her the "Czarina...
...Southern Cooking (Times Books; 364 pages; $19.95) is engaging and low key. The New York Times food editor was born in Mississippi, where his mother ran a boardinghouse. Many of these recipes were hers; others were suggested by Claiborne's friends and colleagues. Dishes range from soul to stylish Creole. Among them are such classics as fried chicken and beaten biscuits, as well as what Claiborne bills as "nouveau Southern," charcoal-grilled stuffed quail. Too bad he couldn't resist cliched crowd pleasers like blackened redfish...