Word: fashioned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...characters. They offer every tired cliche that has been marketed by a dozen writers for the yuppie generation. For fans of Tama Janowitz, Fran bewails her inability to leave Paul because she'll be without a decent place to live. For Jay McInerney aficionados, there's cocaine. For the fashion-conscious, there's braces. And of course, we couldn't forget the piped-in classic hits that accompany each scene change...
...virtually all press coverage of black unrest. The policy seems to have worked: in the weeks after the ban was imposed, first the disorders disappeared from the world's headlines, then the unrest itself began to subside. Other nations have shielded their conflicts from public scrutiny in a similar fashion. The bloody ground war between Iran and Iraq goes unmentioned in the world's press for months at a time because reporters have no access to the front lines. In the first years after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, almost nothing was known about the course of the conflict, though thousands...
While Meese insisted that the "department is functioning in its normal fashion" and "our strong management team is on the job," morale below him was sagging. There was so much grumbling in the Justice Department that a special custodial team was assigned to erase scornful graffiti from the bathrooms and walls. Three of the top leadership posts are vacant. (Assistant Attorney General Stephen Trott has also resigned, to take a federal judgeship...
...Eddie Bauer, have captured a growing share of retail sales by catering to two-income couples with more money than time to spare. Foreign retailers have also entered the fray in a big way. Since 1980, for example, Benetton of Treviso, Italy, has opened more than 700 mid-priced fashion boutiques...
...market has prompted manufacturers to design lightweight weapons with smaller grips, purses with built-in holsters and other accessories aimed at female buyers. Last month Shotgun News even sponsored a "gun and fashion show" in which scantily clad models demonstrated how a woman in a bikini can carry a concealed weapon (in her hairbow). A how-to video, A Woman's Guide to Firearms, released a year ago, has sold more than 8,000 copies...