Word: braids
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...case of Captain Everett Greene, charged with "unduly familiar personal relationships" with two female subordinates, is again forcing the Navy command to take a good hard look at its policy on sexual harassment. For one thing, Greene--who had been in line for an admiral's gold braid--is the third Navy captain in recent months to have his promotion derailed by charges of sexual chicanery: Captain Mark Rogers was dropped from the promotion list last April for using degrading sexual language, and Captain Thomas J. Flanagan was disciplined last month for an adulterous relationship with a female lieutenant...
...like Busch, as well as to camp cabaret like the French import Les Incroyables (70 endless minutes of cross-dressing, lip-synching and canned cancan) and innocent party-time musicals like Nunsense 2: The Sequel (this time the good sisters of Mount Saint Helen's School play "Pin the Braid on Sinead...
...despite the diversity of dress, personal appearance is very important here--particularly as a medium for political expression. For some of the graying couples you'll see, his ponytail and her braid--or vice versa--are an affirmation of the ideals of another decade...
...want to hone those bargaining skills, take a trip to the straw market, a two-story open market building in downtown Nassau. There, dozens of Bahamian natives will talk sweetly to you while they braid your hair Bo Derek-style and sell you lots of little straw and wood gadgets that you don't need. At the very least, you'll have fun picking up souvenirs for friends and family back home...