Word: chicly
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...sounding too trite, Sept. 11 happened. The cynical, derisive attitude that Miller had cultivated on his show seemed to have a place during the Clinton-Gingrich years. But after 3,000 people were slaughtered on American soil by genocidal terrorists, skepticism for the sake of skepticism was no longer chic. Indeed, it seemed drastically inappropriate...
...guide is the sleek new Moon Metro series, which explores cities?so far, New York, Paris, Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, London and Amsterdam?by neighborhood, with highly individualized but not snarky descriptions written by local correspondents. The guides send travelers to traditional tourist spots as well as chic shops and clubs. The chapters include detailed foldout maps that are discreet enough that you can open them on the street without looking lost...
...While Hong Kong's economic woes have given a boost to the city's thrift culture, Low B Club's vintage chic may well have a tough tussle ahead?discerning shoppers may not take kindly to being seen at a place whose name means "Low IQ" in Cantonese?even if it comes from an inside joke between a pair of pop princesses...
...Queen until he retired from day-to-day involvement in his fashion house?established in 1945 at 14 Savile Row?when he turned 80. Amies' style was always elegant?and conservative. He never designed a strapless evening dress because, he said, "Anything blatantly sexy can never be chic; overexposure of the body is not chic...
...Melodrama becomes Muntaha, a part-time social worker who looks like a socialite in her chic black woollen overcoat, heavy make-up, purple nail polish and chestnut-streaked shoulder-length hair. Her verbal flourishes borrow heavily from official pamphlets and presidential speeches. But the emotion they convey is her own. Over three days of long conversations, at her home and office, it becomes clear that this bright and otherwise positive-thinking woman is indeed willing to die for Saddam Hussein. Will she back away when the shooting actually starts? That's impossible to tell, but her loyalty to Saddam runs...