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Word: fittingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brothers' vogue outfits and the Duchesses' colorful dresses served a dual purpose. Jane Yeh's costumes added an attractive touch to the actors' appearances and also reflected the emotional status of the characters. Bosola's garments, in particular, epitomized Yeh's skill--each of the outfits fit a certain mood and function: deceiver, spy and murderer...

Author: By P. GREGORY Maravilla, | Title: Sadism and Flying Refrigerators | 4/11/1991 | See Source »

...wear a pink triangle. It doesn't mean you support Queer Nation or agree with anything I said above. It only means that you believe in our fight for acceptance, and that you do not take the side of the Nazis in destroying us and others who don't fit into your idea of "normal." Your support is really appreciated. Virginia Ravenscroft...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gay Rights | 4/10/1991 | See Source »

...search committee's affinity for Rudenstine's background was no fluke. The man who may very well have been its second choice fit this professional mold as well. Gerhard Casper became dean of the University of Chicago Law School in 1979 at 41 before becoming provost there...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: A Professional President | 4/8/1991 | See Source »

...candidates who fit the mold of many past Harvard presidents, Medical School geneticist Philip Leder '56 and Harvard chemist Jeremy R. Knowles, were each knocked out for the same reason--lack of administrative experience...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: A Professional President | 4/8/1991 | See Source »

That was the whole point -- yuppies were always somebody else. Almost no one fit all the requirements of age (young), income (high), geography (urban), attitude (selfish) and affectations (Filofaxes and yellow power ties). Yet the fascination with charting the tastes of this subgroup was easily explainable. "Yuppies live in the fashionable neighborhoods of large urban areas," says Brad Edmondson, editor of American Demographics. "That's also precisely where editors and TV producers live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Birth and -- Maybe -- Death of Yuppiedom | 4/8/1991 | See Source »

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