Word: fabric
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...silhouette. Designers like Jill Stuart prefer a sweater. "A jacket is too hard for this collection," Stuart says. And while the dresses are soft, they're not always simple. A Chinese influence runs through many collections, evident in such touches as embroidery and delicate, frond-like decorations in the fabric. The cool looks could turn it into a hot summer after...
...There was a time when American icons influenced history by their strong moral leadership. Today they are predominantly career bureaucrats, par-tisan activists, shallow entertainers, mediocre musicians, salvation gurus, shock artists and others who make a living dredging the murky depths of society. In a society where the social fabric is frayed and there is little role for human values, any icon that people can cling to seems a good one. The process that makes most of your list influential is the same one that makes people join crazy cults that promise instant family, instant society, instant salvation. There were...
John Calipari (3) Ermenegildo Zegna in suits, shirts New Jersey Nets and ties of featherweight fabric...
...indication that it is swimming thither. But we should not dismiss its prospective import, nor should we lose any time in pointing out its fundamental flaws. We should not react to undesirable trends in the rulings of the Supreme Court by advancing proposals which would undermine the basic fabric of American democracy. As Hamilton wrote, our Republic is and must be based on the conviction that "the interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts...
...think it's very representative of the state of America today," he said. "If you look at the fabric of society, [you see] what people really care about...