Word: crazes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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James M. Connolly acquired the establishment in1955 and introduced Lower Roxbury's jazz craze tohis...
...down in 1982, this boomtown went bust--22,000 of its 30,000 residents moved away, J.C. Penney and other retailers shut down, and arsonists torched parts of downtown. But in 1986 it joined the Main Street program, began renovating 200 buildings and cashed in on the "heritage tourism" craze (Okmulgee is the capital of the Muskogee Indian Nation...
...Devil's Night Out would have done great this year," says Gittleman, a little too unconvincingly. The comment is certainly an exaggeration, seeing that the release was too rough around the edges for any commercial radio station to gladly welcome. The atmosphere of rock music, especially the "ska craze," described by Gittleman as being generated by "radio and MTV getting too excited," was more likely the boost for the popularity of Let's Face It. Devil's Night Out never would have made the newly defined...
...Molvena, Italy, has flogged its $99 jeans with imagery of naked blow-up dolls sitting at a board meeting with an obese ceo. Its U.S. sales have grown from $2 million to $23 million in four years. JNCO, of Los Angeles, considered the progenitor of today's wide-leg craze, has taken off from the backsides of skateboarders to the broader jean community. The company, with industry estimated sales of more than $40 million, has led the industry with styles such as suede chaps and huge hem widths. "When the rest of the industry comes in, we're already into...
Here the film mocks what was apparently a British craze in the 80's (who knew?) of assuming a character and joining a group of actors playing real people in dramatic situations. But something goes wrong at the corner phone box where Wallace is to receive his instructions, and that's where the wacky comedic antics really begin...