Word: buttoned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Still, the first directive on nuclear war since Reagan shows that the finger on the button is also on ? or near ? the national pulse. "I'm not sure that many people believed there was some credible definition of what it would mean to prevail in a protracted nuclear war," said Robert Bell, director of defense policy for the National Security Council. No kidding...
Students voted as they entered the dining halls by swiping their ID cards through the electronic devices used to count student meals and pressing either a yes or no button. The polls were open at breakfast, lunch and dinner...
...want to pay taxes to a smiling man with a name tag and a button that says WE WORK FOR YOU. You want a Grand Slam breakfast from that guy. You want to pay your taxes to a balding, bespectacled old curmudgeon, preferably overweight and incapable of making eye contact. If you're going to get milked by the government, you want to walk away feeling completely screwed...
...Prada 3-button suit...
...final complement--the ascot to the suit, the umlaut to ubermensch, the affectation to the accent. Male retro-bikers should therefore include a combination of the following in their assembled visage: either jet black or platinum blonde hair (depending on your sexuality), plastic rimmed rectangular glasses, a blue button-down shirt made of light material, a blazer of either corduroy or velvet (not contingent upon your sexuality), deep brown, well-fitting pants, and an essential leather satchel (for your manuscript, of course). In winter, a dark coat which reaches mid-calf should be incorporated. In summer, there is no alteration...