Word: complexions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...complexion of America is changing. And cosmetics companies aren't the only ones that have noticed. According to the 1990 census, the African- American population is growing at a rate more than twice as fast as that of whites. Moreover, during the past two decades, the aggregate annual income of blacks has grown nearly sixfold, to an estimated $270 billion. As a group, blacks are younger and tend to spend a higher percentage of their money on consumer goods than their white counterparts do. They also show a preference for top-of-the-line merchandise and a willingness...
...sway other Western leaders from a nagging impression that PRESIDENT BUSH is ill. Several have noted in telephone conversations with Bush that he vacillates and loses his train of thought in mid-sentence. Diplomats have observed that the President has become more stooped, his face often drawn and his complexion grayish. At last month's G-7 summit in Munich and the CSCE summit in Helsinki, the same symptoms were starkly evident. Says a French diplomat: "The questions they keep asking privately are, Do you think George is ill? How serious is it? And what is it?" "It was much...
...particularly like math. Each is compulsively neat, and both are so well organized that they answer every piece of fan mail by hand. Favorite TV shows are mutual: Cosby and Arsenio Hall. Zmeskal thinks an appearance on Arsenio would be cool; all color drains out of Miller's pale complexion when the possibility is mentioned. Both are religious (Zmeskal is Catholic, Miller a Christian Scientist), but it is not a subject either carts out in public. Come competition time, they have ferocious concentration, composure and consistency. Though neither is exactly fiery off the mats, both can electrify audiences...
...degree that Iran's Shi'ites do today. "The concept of theocracy is not something which has roots in Sunni society," says Professor Mary-Jane Deeb of American University's School of International Service in Washington. Algeria's former colonial ties to France also give the country a Western complexion that cannot be easily erased. Most Algerians speak French, many are exposed to European culture through French television and have relatives among their millions of compatriots now living in Europe...
...blue Norwegian eyes and white hair give him a theatrical air. His complexion sometimes radiates up to an alarming red, and he puffs a little after marching up the stairs. A large cast of characters of many ages flickers around his eyes and face. He strikes one as a struggling man, something like a difficult older brother. As he says, "The shifts take place with incredible speed. When I sit down at the table with my wife, do I speak to her as a self- pitying little boy or a victim? If I slip into the depressed victim...