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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rating: [4 umbrellas] Martin Savidge earns points for braving the elements without headgear, but demerits for the questionable sartorial flourish of a towel-as-ascot. In the spirit of the Scud Stud, we dub him the Foul Weather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 7, 1998 | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

Tuesday, 1:08 p.m., the U.S. embassy in Skopje. Holbrooke and Hill meet with Rugova. It's 90[degrees]F., but the Kosovar novelist and literature professor arrives wearing a sweater, coat and red silk ascot. As the men sit down, Holbrooke asks Rugova if he wants to remove his jacket. "No," Rugova responds. "I'm an Albanian snake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mission Impossible | 7/6/1998 | See Source »

...error, next week's cover picture in place of mine? I consider this figure you have attached to my name monstrous in appearance, bearing no resemblance to my likeness, which appears on the inside in the body of my story--the one in which I am attired in my Ascot suit, the one I wore when I played the lead in My Fair Lady. Therefore, this is to notify you that I am suing you for $1,000,000 for defamation of caricature. DAVID MERRICK New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sounding Off, Talking Back | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

Retro-bikes cannot be an accessory to just anyone. The retro-bike is merely the final complement--the ascot to the suit, the umlaut to ubermensch, the affectation to the accent. Male retro-bikers should therefore include a combination of the following in their assembled visage: either jet black or platinum blonde hair (depending on your sexuality), plastic rimmed rectangular glasses, a blue button-down shirt made of light material, a blazer of either corduroy or velvet (not contingent upon your sexuality), deep brown, well-fitting pants, and an essential leather satchel (for your manuscript, of course). In winter...

Author: By Rachel A. Farbiarz, | Title: The Emergence of the Retro-Bike | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

...think Eliot House has been very progressive this year and it's time to stop making ascot jokes," Goldstein said

Author: By Andrew S. Chang, | Title: Eliot, Kirkland Fundraise for Dining Worker | 2/13/1997 | See Source »

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