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Jordan was indeed in Beverly Hills that month, along with Carter Advisers Patrick Caddell and Timothy Kraft and Jordan's friend, John Golden. The occasion was a Democratic fund-raising dinner on Oct. 22 at the swank Century Plaza Hotel. The black-tie affair, which was billed as a "Salute to the President," raised $700,000 for the Democratic Party. Guests included Governor Jerry Brown and other West Coast Democrats...
...cold, dark January night. John Mendell, 31, and Steve Garcia, 29, both burglars by trade and members of a gang of jewel thieves, creep up to a sprawling ranch-style house in the swank Chicago suburb of River Forest. The owner is vacationing in Florida, and there is $1 million in jewelry inside?jewelry they believe is rightfully theirs. A conversation can be imagined...
...First came the fall from grace of Famous Local Banker Bert Lance. In February a group of banks headed by Manhattan's Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. announced one of the biggest foreclosures in U.S. history; it prepared to take over the Omni, a glittering Atlanta complex of offices, swank shops, hotel and ice rink, because the Omni's owners were failing to pay off $90 million in debts. And last week Richard Kattel, boy-wonder chairman of Georgia's largest bank, Citizens and Southern National (assets: $3.5 billion), quit in frustration. His reason: Comptroller of the Currency...
...just before 1 a.m. when the limousine pulled up before swank Maxwell's Plum. The familiar figure got out and strode towards the maitre d'. He was told the restaurant was closing. "But Muriel and I just want a bite to eat," he said. A bored look around the still-filled premises and a bored reply: "I'm sorry we're about to close." In a moment the car was speeding off into the night, its two solitary passengers disappearing behind the tinted glass...
Husky Alto. Drawing on pop's musical past, Savannah synthesizes the sounds of yesterday-Count Basic, Hoagy Carmichael, Carmen Miranda-with its own swank brand of soul. Strains of Whispering (1920) are grafted onto Cherchez la Femme, a disco number bumping along to Mickey Sevilla's sassy drumbeat. A lilting intro evoking Glenn Miller evolves into the hustle smash I'll Play the Fool...