Calder went back to America to show his circus as a performance piece, mostly in arty "society" circles.
The Astors and the Vanderbilts are self-made brand names that ruled society circles for at least a couple of generations.
"In society circles, he was very well known and accepted," says Hawk, "It was understood that he would never let an unflattering photograph go out there.
But unlike Mr. Madoff, Fairfield's partners, led by Mr. Noel, were not shy about spending their money and taking a high profile in wealthy New York society circles.
Without turning his back, he maintained a prudent distance when Wilde fell into disgrace and prison, and he went on to prosper in both literary and society circles.
The Custom of the Country follows ruthlessly ambitious midwestern girl Undine Spragg as she attempts to ascend to the top of New York City's high society circles.
WORD of a scandal began to fly through New York society circles in 1898 when Henry T. Sloane, a wealthy carpet manufacturer who was furnishing the new mansions, hotels and clubs of the city, deeded a mansion on the Upper East Side to his wife.
Since the final years of Mrs. Astor's life, the battle over her estate has revealed unflattering details of her private life and led to an unlikely 19-week criminal trial that captivated society circles in New York.
The registration deadline not only sent shockwaves across civil society circles, but also forced donors to hold off on supporting organisations which have hitherto survived under the radar, circumventing government oversight by registering as not-for-profit companies.
Upon returning to New England, Hunt introduced the works of Camille Corot, Théodore Rousseau, and the Barbizon school to the Boston society circles in which he moved, thereby helping to turn a rising generation of American painters toward Paris and away from the national style epitomized by the Hudson River school landscape painters.
Most strikingly, the plans to build a $15 million school for about 400 girls in the poor southeastern African country of 15 million — which had drawn financial support from Hollywood and society circles, as well as the Los Angeles-based Kabbalah Centre International, an organization devoted to Jewish mysticism — have been officially abandoned.
