Word: blends
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From the porch of the bungalow Franz could watch the waves roll in. The palms were bending in the soft steady wind and the air was redolent with a sweet blend of fruit and sea. Franz felt as if he had been rescued from the real world...
...candidates had to display their skill at writing mail-order copy-filling in blanks opposite catalogue pictures of rich chocolate cakes, golden Oregon peaches and those dwarf Christmas pines. The blend of gush and gusto that makes Bear Creek so successful is hard to match. Of the dwarf pine, one applicant writes, "A tree-mendous way to remember Christmas." Holmes and Stump groan. And groan again when confronted by "It's love at first bite"-about the nine-layer chocolate cake ($18.95 delivered...
...blend of freshness and classicism is the prescription then, with a jolt of celebrity chemistry and maybe some dark hair for a change. And where will the new decade find this miraculous mixture? It is unsettling to realize, but it is true beyond doubt, that the most striking face in the modeling business as the '80s take hold is that of a 15-year veteran of the game who is exactly 15 years old. Brooke Shields (see accompanying story) has been on the cover of Vogue three times in the past year, shrieking with chic. Brooke Shields, coltish and flustered...
...first Reagan moves to be closely scrutinized will be his actions on the economy. The President and his advisers are still wrestling with the economic package they will present to Congress and the public in early February: a blend of tax and budget cuts aimed at seeking a middle ground between risking too much and risking too little. But even before the major policy is unveiled, there will be other telltale clues. Though the President imposed a hiring freeze on the Federal Government last week, as he had pledged, much depends on his follow-through. Carter, after all, took...
...kind of late autumn chill that sends a small group of males fumbling in their pockets for their keys to the big black door at number 1324. It's not the kind of door that many people notice; it blend, in between the storefront of the clothing store that once upon a time decided to launch a xeroxing price war in Harvard Square (look that one up in your Ec 10 workbook) and a restaurant where a friend once found a cockroach meandering through his Peking Meat Sauce Noodles...