Word: casualities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What we have is weather as electronic American Shintoism, a casual but almost mystic daily religion wherein nature is not inert but restless, stirring, alive with kinetic fronts and meanings and turbulent expectations (forecasts, variables, prophecies). We have installed an elaborate priesthood and technology of interpretation: acolytes and satellites preside over snow and circuses. At least major snowstorms have about them an innocence and moral neutrality that is more refreshing than the last national television spectacle, the O.J. Simpson trial...
When Othello (Bashir Salahuddin) enters wearing a T-shirt, things only get a little better. Salahuddin plays the Moor consistently as a casual, soft-spoken general, but his voice is often too soft and always unemotional. As he presents his case before the Duke, Othello explains a little too calmly why Desdemona loves him. Later, when he loses his temper with the drunken Cassio (Jed Silverstein), Salahuddin gets angry too quickly and for too short a time...
Rudenstine is also taking more time to relax day-to-day. Several of Rudenstine's aides have said they were surprised to find him milling about with his wife, dressed in casual clothes, during October's Head of the Charles rowing regatta...
...same time, stores like the Old Navy division of the Gap (T shirts and jeans) or the Structures division of the Limited (fashionable casual wear), both of which have opened in the past five years, are going after a new generation of customers who want cheap prices and have yuppie pretensions. That's partly why niche retailers like Crate & Barrel, which specializes in affordable housewares, expect to continue their rapid growth. Gordon Segal, the founder of Crate & Barrel, predicts an 8% sales gain this Christmas for his stores...
Clothing from specialty apparel stores, like jerseys from the Limited or sweaters from Casual Corner, could languish on the racks this season. Reason: shoppers seem to view a lot of the current selections as the same old thing. According to Tactical Retail Solutions, a New York City consulting firm, sales of such clothing could dip 1.4% this Christmas from the level of last year. "It should tell you something," says Loeb, "when almost the entire interest in American fashion is on the color of Calvin Klein's underwear...