Word: vip
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fund raisers called the affair VIP Night on Broadway, and it was indeed that. Scores of celebrities, including TV Star Robin Williams, Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Falsetto Tiny Tim and Actresses Claudette Colbert, Phyllis Newman, Lauren Bacall and Brooke Shields were on hand for a $24-a-seat variety show at the Shubert theater. Maureen Stapleton sang Gilbert and Sullivan's "The policeman's lot is not a happy one." Angela Lansbury borrowed a song from the musical Sweeney Todd, singing for the cops, No One Will Harm You. Those who paid $96-the price of one bulletproof...
...Rocker Billy Joel the dreary duty calls expected of a visiting VIP in Cuba. Between sets by a star-studded U.S. rock, pop and jazz caravan visiting Havana for the first concert of its kind in 20 years, fellow Performers Kris Kristofferson and Wife Rita Coolidge duly toured socialist showplaces, including a pioneer school. Billy, by contrast, crammed a peaked cap over his swirl of black curls, clamped a cigar in his teeth and settled down on a beach to rap with enthralled young Cubans, who, from tuning in to Miami rock stations, already knew the words to such Joel...
Although 92% Catholic, Mexico lacks formal diplomatic ties with the Vatican, and the Pope will come without an official government invitation. Nonetheless, the government will accord him VIP treatment and heavy security. After a possible stopover in the Dominican Republic, John Paul II is due to arrive in Mexico City on Jan. 26 for a visit to the nearby shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The next day he will proceed to Puebla, 65 miles to the southeast, for the opening of a conference of Latin American bishops. During his five-day stay the Pope may also offer a "People...
Edward J. Thompson and his wife Kaye stood at the front of the VIP section--VIPs because Carter stayed at their house in Clinton, Mass. 18 months ago--VIPs who needed no introduction. "Are you the...," a reporter asks. "Yes, yes," they replied, by now old hands at dealing with the press. They say Carter is "fantastic," and add he can stay at their home Saturday night too, if he wants. "He's still the man who ran for office. He's still for us, the people--a good sincere, honest man," Mrs. Thompson adds...
...throwback to the 1950s, at least. Faculty, politicians and selected students filled the ARCO Forum in their mandatory tuxedos, capes and gowns. Not only did one need status to be invited, but there was a two-class system among the guests themselves. Some of the guests had special VIP passes to a less-crowded penthouse bar above the run-of-the-mill attending the gala. The penthouse doors were guarded by the pre-elite students from the Institute of Politics...