Word: fashioned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those who know me will readily testify, I hold a blind predilection towards all things European. I am enchanted by the melodic languages, the various delightful cuisines, the elegant fashion and, of course, the seductive men. Last week, as I sat in my Anthro seminar, lost as usual in daydreams of Paris and Milan, I was struck with a peculiar epiphany. Surprisingly enough, my biased idealization of European culture translates quite nicely into a self-serving comparison between Europe and the Quad. Though initially you may scoff at this unlikely analogy, it is a convenient means to convince myself...
...Crimson line rounded out the scoring in impressive fashion. At 12:48 of the third, Shewchuk sent a cross-ice pass to Botterill, and the ECAC Rookie of the Year was waiting at the right post to knock in her only goal of the game...
...typical fashion, Mleczko involved herself in all fazes of Harvard's offense from crashing the net, taking hard shots from the wing, or setting up her amazing 'mates on Harvard's top line...
...great if we all had the wounded wisdom of a fine country thrush? Singers from Patsy Cline to Patty Loveless have lent their vocal courage and frazzled hearts to plaints about love with the wrong kind of guy. They are what has kept Nashville pulsing through decades of shifting fashion. But the town didn't suit Kelly Willis. After a few albums in the early '90s, she split for Austin, Texas. Her new CD, What I Deserve (Rykodisc), puts a sultry Lone Star spin on the country sound. This cowgirl can sing the blues as if she'd grown...
Robert N. Friedman, CEO of discount retailer Loehmann's, has no such defense, at least according to a lawsuit filed by Forty Three Apparel, a New York City-based women's-fashion maker. In mid-1997, the suit contends, Friedman pressured Forty Three Apparel president Mark Singer, who depended on Loehmann's for 80% of his business, into giving Friedman's wife Debbie a high-level job. Within a year, she left the firm, allegedly with clothing patterns and manufacturing processes, and started her own competing outfit. (Loehmann's says the suit has no merit.) It didn't take long...