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...stock tips--when everyone and their mother is talking about IBM, AT&T, and Boeing, it's time to sell. About ten months ago, everyone and my mother began talking about "grunge." My mom asked if I wanted to order some "grungy-style" flannel plaid shirts from LL Cool Bean, and fashion designer Donna Karan came out with a line of grunge wear so that Upper West Siders could look as liberal as they feel. It was time to sell...
...travelogue, he brought along his dog Charly, figuring that the scruffy little canine would give him something to talk about with strangers he met on the road. Last Saturday night, I took the #1 bus from Harvard Square--already overrun with braided leather belts and the L.L. Bean shoes that Andover kids call "mocs"--to Central square. Because I don't have a dog and because it would have been too embarassing to bring my bowl of goldfish onto the bus, I decided that I would pick up some sort of conversation piece once I reached my destination...
Massachusetts residents dress differently fromthe more formal Texans, students say. "Here, it'svery much the L.L. Bean, grungy, hiker kind oflook. In Texas, you dress up more," says Chen, whohas just recently begun to wear flannelshirts--which are not appropriate for Texas'warmer climate...
...salsa stand is in the center building. It has every flavor of salsa ever invented, and a few that probably should have remained uninvented. Go for the free samples, but bear in mind: just because it looks like a harmless bean dip, doesn't mean it won't blow your face off. This really happened...
...sitting in your "Myth of America" section, and the demure, totally glam English grad student asks you to analyze and describe the mythic aspects of an L.L. Bean ad. A first-year jumps up and starts to shout: "The frontier, Daniel Boone, Emerson, mythic contradictions, Poe as the anti-mother, Freud, Oedipus, Daniel Cooper..." He bites his tongue off and blood begins to spurt out of his mouth...