Word: button-down
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Have you looked at any seniors recently? They're dressed pretty nicely, in button-down shirts, khakis, black pants, etc. But they have bags under their dull, glazed-over eyes. Their brows are often furrowed. You ask them what is wrong? "Recruiting," they reply...
...memory-pill lineup is ginkgo biloba, the dried leaf of the maidenhair tree, thought to improve circulation and, in theory, memory. While ginkgo is still considered an alternative medication, it has caused such a stir and gained such a following that even so button-down a company as Bayer, better known for aspirin, has begun marketing the stuff...
...everything down in front of a gate that said something such as: "Enter To Grow in Wisdom." A fellow approached and smiled. He wore dark-gray trousers, a tweed jacket, a button-down shirt and a striped...
...Virtual Business class, where all the students wore white button-down shirts, I was greeted at the door by an "executive assistant" who asked me to sign her guest book. Her CEO, "Ms. Moronta," handed me her business card and led me through a PowerPoint demonstration of her virtual DVD business. Clocks showed the times in New York City, Tokyo, Bakersfield, Calif., and Nuremberg, Germany. I have never been so frightened in my life...
...mail I receive word of a sartorial sophomore who makes GQ look like Roseanne. "At dinner," I read, "he had on a lovely sweater vest overtop (casual for him), button-down, an exquisite tie (Egyptian blue) with an intricate brocade down the center." I scroll down to catch the rest of the message. One phrase sticks out: "He's blind...