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...Some warned against the evils of "it" pens and reckless em-dashing; others spoke more generally about replacing fluff with humor and analysis. The best part came when we asked our candidates to describe FM in three adjectives. We got some eyebrow-raising responses: "blase," "slick," "sexy," "caffeinated," "unpredictable," "hip," "light," "fast-paced," "revealing," "witty," "lighthearted," "authoritative," "entertaining," "original" and "flashy," they supplied. Last year around this time, my application proposed "sharp," "ironic" and "disenchanted." FM has changed, and I don't know what...

Author: By Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Editor's Note: Work In Progress | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...echo of Schor's booming verdict gets gradually absorbed into A&F-emblazoned fabrics, bystanders resume their browsing/modeling, keeping one eyebrow raised at the tall, skinny, wildly gesticulating woman. White walls, enormous photographs of rippled, wrestling boys, and a deafening beat envelop Schor as she launches into her critique...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo, Sarah L. Gore, and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Shopping with Prof. Schor | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...part of future trade pacts, not as side deals, he offered platitudes about protecting the right to organize and boosting the minimum wage--no-brainers for any Democrat. In fact, nothing Gore said in L.A. about how he'd "stay and fight for working people" would have raised an eyebrow the next day in Washington, when he told the free-trade-loving members of the Democratic Leadership Council that he would stay and fight for centrism. Gore has been doing plenty of staying and fighting this month. His new slogan, of course, is designed to contrast him with Bradley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Empire Strikes Back | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...trouble with such high-end spas is that Eve might have a better chance of getting back into Eden than you do of getting an appointment for next week. There's a two-month wait for a signature rubdown at Houston's tony Brea spa. Eliza Petrescu, Avon's eyebrow-waxing czarina, whose customers include celebrities like Natasha Richardson, says her next open 10-min. appointment is not until March 2000. Ann Marie Gardner, beauty director and spa reviewer for the fashionista bible W, gripes, "I had my whole office calling. We couldn't get in anywhere on three days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day at the Spa | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...appealing as this lifestyle may be, if the thought of recruiting makes you cringe, take to heart that there is another more attractive, or at least more comfortable, job which proffers a similarly humbling experience that most Harvard seniors somehow neglect to consider: that of a Hollywood personal assistant. Eyebrow-raising and worthy of mockery? Sure. Once referred to as demeaning girl or guy "Fridays?" Of course. But drastically different from the illustrious fruits of recruiting? Hardly...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, | Title: One Alternative to Recruiting | 10/7/1999 | See Source »

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