In the private-jet set, your tail number is your ID, you debate the relative merits of G IIIs and G IVs, and you wouldn’t ask your dog to fly commercial
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Maureen Orth got the queen mother of rock ‘n’ roll to level about how bad things once were and how good they are now. She also got an earful from Ike.
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Sex, Madonna’s shocking new book of erotic photos, is about to make taboo something chic for the 90s. On the eve of the controversial book’s publication, the star gave our author an advance peek.
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Proud Mary
America may be deadlocked in bitter struggles over sexual harassment and abortion rights. But Mary Robinson, the first woman to become president of Ireland, is inspiring a wave of grass-roots feminism that is challenging centuries of repression in a country rocked by recent scandals pitting sex against the church.
MAUREEN ORTH reports.
In approaching her death from AIDS, Tina Chow found the sense of mission that had eluded her in her years as the stylish enchantress who reigned over the beau monde in-spot restaurants she created with her then husband, Michael Chow. As MAUREEN ORTH reports, Tina fought the disease and its preconceptions–especially the lack of respect for women with AIDS — with her unerring grace, making her death her most bravely beautiful statement.
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Karl Lagerfeld is couture’s undisputed philosopher prince. He saved Chanel and made it the most sought-after line in the world, revived Chloé and Fendi, and launched his own KL. But has his personal loss changed the meaning of success?
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