Word: cottoned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since silk was being diverted to parachutes, weendured thick cotton lisle stockings instead ofsilk, unless we had a boyfriend who could buy ussilk stockings at the PX. Most of us opted forsaddle shoes and bobby sox. We wore genteelknee-length skirts, with tailored white blousesand baggy wool sweaters. Never were we allowed towear slacks to class unless there was a ragingblizzard outside...
...American public would be saying, Pack up your bags. Even today, Gary Hart, who was once Warren Beatty's presidential candidate, would probably not get the benefit of the doubt that Bill Clinton is receiving. There was something holier-than-thou about Hart that folks just didn't cotton to. Bill Clinton comes across as a struggling sinner and never implies that he's better than the people who voted for him. At his press conference last week Clinton noted that critics could affect his reputation but not his character. Pretty cool...
...HORSE WHISPERER (May 15). In his first film as star and director, Robert Redford, 60, talks to the animals and delicately woos Kristin Scott Thomas, a matronly 37. Will the teen-girl audience in search of movie romance cotton to a man who's old enough to be Leonardo's grandfather? Not DiCaprio's--da Vinci's. (Bygones...
...Cotton '98 is a government concentrator in Adams House. This is his last column...
Summertime? Time for what? A couple of weeks at the beach for yourself and a couple of months for your kids--long enough for their brains to turn to cotton candy? This summer try something different: a family learning vacation. You'll still get to be together, but you can also pick up some new ideas and skills that won't fade like a summer tan. Here are six itineraries--each in a different part of America. Since programs and hotels fill up quickly, be sure to book soon...