Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gauzy morning-in-America aura of the Reagan regime has been characterized by a willful failure to face fiscal realities. The resulting budget and trade deficits constrict the ideas and visions that candidates might see fit to offer. Though the nation knows in its gut that it is time to move beyond the feel-good pap that Reagan offered, it is not ready to bestow popularity on those who call for realistic prescriptions. Last week Bruce Babbitt discovered that sad truth. So did Robert Dole, whose sin was taking the sensible position that he would not rule...
Long derided as a symbol of button-down regimentation fit for only a nerd or an IBM lifer, white shirts are back in style. At Wilkes Bashford, San Francisco's tony clothiers, sales have boomed as executives invest in convenience. "A line of white shirts in the closet is comforting to face when you're in a hurry," observes Salesman Jay Haley. "They go with everything, so you can just pull them out of the closet with no fuss and bam! you're out the door looking good...
Sitting in his statehouse last week, the afternoon of the New Hampshire primary, Dukakis followed the early returns that showed him winning by 20 points. The Governor's pleasure was evident but utterly under control. In shirtsleeves, leaning back in his swivel chair, Dukakis looked fit, his face unlined, a touch of red in his cheeks. Senator Ted Kennedy called to congratulate him. Dukakis told Kennedy he hoped his nephew Congressman Joe Kennedy Jr., of whom he is fond, would campaign for him in South Dakota. Then former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins was waiting to talk...
...steered clear of talking about his exotic vacations. "It was a question of coming back from African safari. It was too different." Ellen Malcolm of Washington, D.C., avoided telling office colleagues that she was the granddaughter of one of the founders of IBM and purposely dressed down to fit in. She explains, "I thought that they would see me as a walking dollar sign instead of the person...
...newly designed bicycle racks are inefficient, says North House Master J. Woodland Hastings. The spokes that stick out of the ground only fit specific types of bicycles...