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Liquor continues to stream freely from behind the bar to the lips of a crowd of middle-aged people circling around two gyrating bodies on the dance floor. Beside the dart boards, several men take turns stripping off their button-down shirts and shouting gleefully at passing females, “Rock on, baby...
...sitcom Will & Grace and finally Queer Eye, with gay men replacing black people as TV's favorite subculture: the oppressed minority, once kept on the fringe, is now center screen defining the new cool. Thanks to Queer Eye's Fab 5 - a quintet of queens ranging from fruity to button-down who use their expertise in fashion, culture, cuisine, grooming and interior design to "make better" (because "makeover" sounds so temporary) a straight man's entire life - the show became a massive hit when it first aired in the States on cable station Bravo in July; it was soon picked...
Beyond learning information that you volunteer, interviewers also want to see demonstrations of the abilities you claim. Gokhfeld, whose combed hair and button-down shirt exemplify good interview attire, says that when interviewers ask questions, you should “step back and think about what they’re looking for in the question.” Questions ranging from simple arithmetic problems to large, complicated case studies are often designed to test whether you have the required logical reasoning skills...
...same as New England’s leading auction house. He dresses down in Brooks Brothers pressed chinos and nautical-colored, argyle-knit V-neck sweaters. When decked out for a night at Boston’s swankiest cigar bar, armed with a brandy snifter, he prefers his eggshell button-down Oxford and tastefully tartan tie from J. Press. One day, his American Government degree will land him a stint in London negotiating real estate deals, a yacht named after his childhood golden retriever Sebastian and a wife as well versed in Don DeLillo and Michael Ondaatje...
...akin to a complete performance. The sundry scenes in which Finn responds to the pupils’ various insecurities give a faint glimmer of hope that Black might have an acting career after his novelty wears off. As principal of the school, Joan Cusack delightfully combines insufferable prudence with button-down prurience in an endless display of forced smiles and facial contortions...