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...February Esquire Richard Reeves argues that the people who make California prosper are exporters of ideas. "They export ideas of a sort, ideas with a California twist, or twisted California ideas--drinking vodka, est, credit cards, student revolts, political consultants, skateboards. . ." California hot tubbing is that California idea, right down to its redwood heart. If Americans are the new Romans, then we may be taking our new Roman baths in redwood tubs from California. And why not? Today, Santa Barbara, tomorrow--the world...
After a formal banquet, featuring saddie of venison and ice-cold vodka, and a second night in their lavish quarters at the baroque 17th century Wilanow Palace outside Warsaw, the Carters flew to Tehran. When Air Force One rolled to a stop at Mehrabad Airport, Carter was the first person to pop out of the door, his tan trenchcoat and slightly disheveled appearance contrasting a bit with the regal elegance of his host, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. On the way to the city, they drove along roads that were lined with more security men than well-wishers. Only...
...warm, moist nights of last week, Dick Helms sipped a little Iranian vodka (straight over ice) and played a little bridge with his family (he made four spades with ease). He lunched with old agency colleagues, who gave him a long, standing ovation and, over his protests, passed around a pot for money to help him pay his fine. He seemed to be wryly accepting the next chapter of a spy's life. Instead of a medal for brilliant, selfless service, he was convicted of a misdemeanor...
Anthony Rothschild '79 preserved the continuity of Viking tradition, baptizing each participant with a half-gallon vodka bottle saved from last year's dinner, Rothschild said yesterday...
...Fifth Avenue apartment and a modern, eleven-room cypress-and-glass house on his mother's 300-acre estate in suburban Stamford, Conn. Both residences are furnished in what one disapproving family member calls "Howard Johnson decorator stuff." Another upgrades it to "Bloomingdale's pleasant." Sulzberger drinks vodka on the rocks and eats hamburgers at his favorite restaurant, Manhattan's 21 Club (at $9.25 a burger). He prefers to entertain at home, however, barbecuing steaks for Stamford visitors (mostly relatives and Times colleagues) and working wonders with vegetables. "I can't wait for Wednesday...