Word: bagged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even the buddy system doesn't cut it down these Cantabrigian autobahns. Cobblestones are murder for heels, messenger bag straps are easy prey to bike handlebars and that conversation you were having with the cute guy in section totally breaks up as soon as you get past the Harvard Book Store...
...cleaners to a group of friends, and some-one's bound to reveal a horror story of a crushed tuxedo shirt or lost black pants. Moreover, when they do come back, it's a mystery whether or not they were actually cleaned or just placed in the plastic bag on a cheap hanger. Who knew of these problems back at home...
...soup label or long-distance phone call--which can then be redeemed for athletic and educational equipment. Or the school may be flush with prize money won in a contest sponsored by Chips Ahoy!, which asked students to confirm that there really are 1,000 chips in each bag, or Kellogg's, which had kids make sculptures out of Rice Krispies and melted marshmallows. "Is it proper for public institutions to become salespeople and build brand loyalty?" asks Andrew Hagelshaw, senior program director at the Center for Commercial-Free Public Education in Oakland, Calif. "Advertisers realize that schools...
...something unsettling--something that drained the satire--in Bridget's pursuit of a boyfriend. It was as though she wanted one not because falling in love is a signature experience of humanity but because she saw a man as a necessary accoutrement of urbane life, like a Prada bag. Her Stateside compatriots aren't nearly as absurd--or maybe they just have better shrinks...
...retiring as a manager from Digital Equipment Corp. in 1994, Al Pink planned to start just such a business with his wife. In 1996 the couple, both avid golfers, opened Southern Appeal (www. southernappeal.com) an online store that sells such golf-related trinkets as golf-club stands and golf-bag-shaped Christmas stockings. Before they could open for business, they had to obtain a merchant account number for credit-card transactions from a local bank in Roswell, Ga., and buy specialized software to keep track of inventory on someone else's shelves. It was a lot of extra trouble...