Word: violet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wear. The looseness of a mohair duster, the easy lines of a woman's blueserge bicycle suit, even a white wool polo coat from Brooks Brothers, all prefigure a less restrictive notion of sophistication. The summer whites of Newport are as dazzling to a contemporary eye as a violet satin costume brocaded in gold and silver, supposedly worn by Sarah Bernhardt...
DIVORCED. Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher Burton Burton Warner, 50, violet-eyed empress of stage, screen and altar; and John Warner, 55, Republican Senator from Virginia; after six years of marriage; she for the sixth time, he for the second; in Fauquier County...
...ramifications of the invasion however, extend beyond mere mental anxiety for Jewish observers. For as recent terrorist attacks on Jewish civilians in Paris and Rome indicate anti-Israel sentiments--made more widespread and acceptable by recent events--can easily degenerate into violet and irrational anti-Semitism. Even at bastions of enlightenment such as Ivy League universities the Mideast political turmoil has led some critics of Israel to express their views by vandalizing sukkans. Fortunately the vast majority of observers have condemned such wanton destruction as a base and vicious way of making a political statement...
Emerging after an electronic bathing of the senses, one will want to touch up the summer's fading tan. Switch on the Swiss ultra violet A-ray suntanning machine ($14,500, from Hammacher Schlemmer). Its secret: the unit is the "only machine that filters out harmful ultra violet B and C rays," prevents burning, peeling and damaged skin. Protective reading goggles are provided, along with special gloves that measure skin response to exposure. Just plug into any 110 V-l 115 V outlet. The tan can be shown off at dinner, served on an 800-Ib. table...
...early stages of Liz and John's relationship, all was bliss: he was the silver-haired political newcomer, she was his superstar hustings-mate and bubbling party-circuit matron. But when she detoured to her Broadway triumph in The Little Foxes, it was reported that those violet eyes began to wander. At one point, she was linked to Foxes Producer Zev Bufman, 51. Bufman, married to his wife Vilma for 23 years, laughed at the reports. Unlike some of Taylor's splits, this one, says her spokeswoman, Chen Sam, seems free of friction: "Each party accepts this change...