With the encouragement of President Charles de Gaulle and his culture Minister, the writer André Malraux, Mr. Van der Kemp scoured the world for treasures sold after the French Revolution and assembled an army of master craftsmen -- carvers, plasterers, gilders, silversmiths, seamstresses -- to repair or recreate the palace's lost splendors.
The city has lost its splendor.
Outside of the park the world became oppressive, because it lost the splendor of the park.
Enrique's rainbows, displays, and castles lost the splendor of those first days, when almost all the toys participated in his radical remodelling.
Bring a blanket and a cheese platter, or do some weird drugs and lie on the grass, lost in the splendor of outdoor music.
Get lost in the recursive splendor below.
All that goes hand in hand with the long-established society-oriented communities of Palm Beach and Boca Raton, which have lost none of their well-heeled splendor: Take a stroll down Worth Avenue in Palm Beach and youll see a lineup of retailers like Chopard, Armani, Cartier, Tourneau and Chanel.
Although he lost money on the first issue of American Splendor, published in 1976, later annual issues – which ran to around 60 pages – slowly found an audience.
They will give us less joy -- much of the splendor and vibrance of these ecosystems will be lost.
Judy Kass, who worked in Tower 2 for a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan, which lost 292 people in the World Trade Center attack, says that she no longer hangs out in Grand Central Terminal, admiring its splendors, visiting its shops.
