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...matter what the fashion is, there is alwaysa way of incorporating beads in it," Hunt said."Beads are therefore a trend and not a fad...

Author: By Ishaan Seth, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Bead Shop Opens On Church St. | 10/2/1992 | See Source »

...Palmer (Sheryl Lee). After an agonizing first half-hour designed to empty the theater, Lynch unleashes his patented perfervid style, puts the familiar dwarfs and feebs on display and elicits a nicely horrifying turn from Lee. But the magic has died: nothing seems older than a two-year-old fad on the comeback trail. How ya gonna keep 'em down in Twin Peaks after the Zeitgeist's gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Sep. 7, 1992 | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

...frame, as the book suggests, is frequently a matter of the masses following a fad that someone behind the scenes has set in motion. After all, if no one had put the idea in our heads that he was a sex symbol, who would be impressed with an asexual, surgically reconstructed rock star like Michael Jackson...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Believe The Big Hype: A Light and Funny Novel | 8/21/1992 | See Source »

...they ever go into effect, cease-fires in what was once Yugoslavia tend to be a passing fad; roughly 30 have come and gone since the civil wars began in June 1991. Nonetheless, leaders of the Serb, Croat and Muslim communities of Bosnia-Herzegovina, conferring in London through intermediaries (they refused to talk face-to-face) arranged one more truce, which was supposed to begin this Sunday evening. Even on the off chance that it holds, will there be enough of Bosnia left to call a country? The answer probably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another Cease-Fire In Bosnia -- Too Late? | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

...There's a real fad out there with theraspberry flavor and color," he said. "This istaking a Nerd concept and putting raspberry rightin the middle...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Convention Exhibits Array of Sugary Treats | 7/24/1992 | See Source »

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