Word: velvets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mink, Swakara and gold cloth with a complementing jacket of Russian golden sable. Such an outfit might seem a little . . . well, declamatory, but it was certainly of a piece with the proceedings, whose wintry "theme" was Doctor Zhivago. The bride and bridegroom greeted reception guests from a bejeweled white velvet sleigh custom-made by the bride's father. Cost of the festivities, including a 250- lb. wedding cake shaped into a replica of Red Square...
...then has avoided most films that she calls "teen junk." The extravagant praise she has heard for Smooth Talk makes her uneasy, and she has tried to deflate expectations for her next role, an inquisitive girl next door who gets involved in a murder mystery, in the thriller Blue Velvet, to be released in September...
...modern prairie schooner, the motor home, Tombstone was back in business, a going concern. The town hummed along selling tours of the cemetery and the O.K. Corral, silver and turquoise jewelry, antique mining implements, as well as the regrettable curios of the day: plastic scorpions, John Wayne on velvet, Elvis dinner plates...
...television series Gilligan's Island. That bears exploration. The others could join him. There is something to be said for Alcatraz, which shut down its penitentiary 23 years ago. It is secure. The decorators responsible for Caesar's Palace might redo the prison in red velvet flocking and gilt. Still, the island is small, the night air chilly and the foghorns mournful. Strongmen from sunnier latitudes might find themselves depressed...
...applicants' professional experience plus high, realistic ambitions are often the determining factors in their admission. Program participants are selected "if they believe in their own potential and have some experience to back it up," says Velvet G. Miller, associate director of the program...