Word: swanked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Part two of the Madonna's promotional bacchanalia is The Book, appropriately titled Sex. For regular readers of Playboy, Penthouse and Swank, the purchasing procedure for Sex will be remarkably familiar. The book is kept behind the counter, and you must provide positive identification to prove you're eighteen years or older, which entitles you to the privilege of laying down $50 for this piece of "erotica." The book is packaged in mylar (no peeking!), and once unwrapped, it cannot be returned--publisher's rules...
...Sullivan quickly capitulated and was soon paying him $60 a week, a preposterous sum for the time. All his life, no matter how much he made (and borrowed: friends and patrons lent him thousands of dollars at a whack), Wright felt poor, thanks to an unhesitatingly indulged taste for swank -- chamois underwear, high-performance sports cars, whatever was gorgeous and rare...
...with signs reading "Kiss me," attracted the attention of passer-bys and several camera crews. The insect was led by three people dressed in togas, scraps of multi-colored cloth and a boot--on one of the men's head. All were running for president, but two--Guru Bonanza Swank and the Rev. Red Moses--had endorsed the cockroach...
...Mikhail Gorbachev already planning a comeback? The former Soviet leader certainly gave that impression when he turned up at Moscow's swank Oktyabr Hotel for a farewell party the day after his resignation. Looking tired but relaxed, Gorbachev mingled with former aides and Moscow journalists, signing autographs, exchanging lemon vodka toasts and cracking jokes. "My mother has been telling me for a long time to give it all up and come home," he quipped. But anyone who believes the ex-President is going to slip quietly away to a dacha to write his memoirs or putter about in the garden...
Meantime, Neuharth has created a truly baronial fiefdom at a swank building across the street from the headquarters of Gannett and USA Today. Renovations for the building (carved stone staircases, suede-covered file cabinets) cost $15 million. A $5 million high-tech conference center on the roof is under construction...