Word: casualness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even on a clear night, astronomers cannot see forever. Light from the stars is diffused and distorted by the earth's atmosphere. To the casual stargazer, that produces a beautiful twinkle, but to the astronomer it is a tragic blur. Star watchers have long dreamed of somehow getting above the atmosphere to have an unobstructed look at the universe...
...That is in keeping with the cunning naivete of the score. The musical highlights are Love Changes Everything, a ditty as simple and optimistic as a nursery rhyme; Seeing Is Believing, a surge of passion as relentless as teenage infatuation; and a melody almost Viennese in its air of casual resignation, introduced to the lyric "Life goes on, love goes free." Aspects of Love may go on for years. It is, however, far from free: the top price is $55, and worth every cent...
Some fashion houses have thrived since their namesakes' deaths; others have struggled along. Chanel and Dior have prospered long after their originators passed on. The Perry Ellis lines continue, though on a more modest level, since the designer's death in 1986. His menswear and casual sportswear have done well, but the women's fashion business, a portion of the heart of any major couture house, has faltered. Williwear, Willi Smith's sports-clothes line, is doing a booming business. Says the designer's flamboyant sister Toukie: "There are hundreds of other talented young people out there, and the spirit...
...exactly a casual afternoon at the ol'country club...
Untidiness in dress, speech and emotions is readily connected to human relationships. The problem with the casual sex so fashionable in films is not that it arouses lust but that it deadens feelings and annihilates privacy. The danger is not that sexual exploitation will create sex fiends but that it may spawn eunuchs. People who have the habit of seeing everything and doing anything run the risk of feeling nothing...