Word: casualness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...casual observer might call the costumes sexy, but Prada calls them "uniforms," for work, shopping, kiddie coping, socializing--the service roles of a woman's life. There are tops that clearly resemble lab coats, but if these are uniforms, they are very lighthearted ones...
...casual night, with the once and future team leaders dining at Faneuil Hall with the coaches and then heading home to watch TV. Feaster says she treats her recruits in the same...
...students gathered in Boylston 10 Thursday, they laughed and joked with each other in a casual, relaxed fashion, maintaining that atmosphere as Associate Professor of English and American Literature Graham Huggan began his lecture...
Despite the obvious threat to Israeli personalities and installations abroad, adds Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer, security for top officials in Israel itself is remarkably casual. "When Yitzhak Shamir was prime minister before Rabin, he used to take a morning walk around Jerusalem accompanied by just one security guard. Shortly after he left office, I ran into him on the street in Tel Aviv, walking with a companion like any ordinary citizen. Visitors to the prime minister's office have to pass through a metal detector, but once inside they are asked casually, 'Do you have a weapon?' Apparently...
Sensuality is an underappreciated quality in Nabokov's writing, and with good reason. Sinfully rich novels like The Gift, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Pale Fire and even that great American road novel Lolita are cleverly defended against casual entry. Nabokov's short fictions, on the other hand, are thresholds to his themes and some of the most nape-tingling prose and devilish inventions in 20th century letters. So better late than never, The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov (Knopf; 659 pages; $35) is a welcome edition to the shelves of old admirers and a chance for entry-level fans...