Word: corona
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shapes in clothing and design, with their origins deep in the Moorish curves of Spain or the ancient cultures of Central and South America, are now so thoroughly mixed into the mainstream that their source is often forgotten. There seems to be a Taco Bell on every corner, Corona beer in every bar. The First Lady's preferred fashion designer, Adolfo, is Cuban. And out of the crossover into the mainstream come some curious hybrids: bolero jackets with blue jeans, Jalapeno Cheez Whiz, Brie enchiladas and, in Santa Fe, even an adobe McDonald...
They seem at first to have little in common, the wunderkind and the defector. One commands the stage like a young princess, voluptuous in a strapless designer gown that accents the alluring curve of her shoulders and the luxurious corona of her billowing tresses. As Anne-Sophie Mutter lays her bow on the strings of her Stradivarius, the music swells seductively, and all at once the intoxicating perfume of the theater fills the air. "Music is a form of love, the highest form of love," she says. "It is passion...
...still a frequent user of drugs. He even took some painkillers from a member of the audience, which he drank down with one of the many Corona beers he consumed during his performance. In fact, Lee's campaign platform calls for the legalization of drugs. He praised some Florida residents he had recently met who wore T-shirts with the slogan, "Save the Bales...
Although fewer students head to South Padre--police say they expect 100,000 on the island this year--than Ft. Lauderdale, the island is not without its rowdiness. "One time last year, I walked outside, and some kids started chucking Corona bottles down from the balcony at me," says Fittipodi. "The saying down here is 'shit happens...
Gore is a combination of St. Alban's polish and down-home charm, Harvard intellectualism and backwoods shrewdness. He is almost as at home wearing pointy cowboy boots as clunky wing tips, drinking Corona beer in a rowdy bar as sipping Chablis in a Georgetown salon. But not quite. Now, in an effort to reposition himself, Gore the cerebral technocrat is coming on like a fiery champion of "working men and women." His problem is making the transformation credible. On the stump, he attempts to heighten emotions simply by raising the volume of his voice. Though he has fought...