Word: fittingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year he earned in his last full-time job as director of external relations for EG&G Inc., a big global-technology firm. Even some parts of the Federal Government discriminate, Cottin laments. "Two federal agencies would not even bring me in for an interview. While I fitted the printed profile for the job, I didn't fit the 'internal profile,' which demanded someone younger and cheaper...
...reported on the growing phenomenon for TIME. Like many poets, I was suspicious of the concept. How could you judge poetry? Why would you want to? But when L.A.'s first team went to Portland, Ore., in 1996, I tagged along with some friends. While not everything I heard fit my definition of poetry, it was a Woodstock of words, images and rhythms that stayed with me for weeks. I got hooked. Now I am defending my title as 1997 Head-to-Head Haiku champ...
...fitting soccer shin guard might not make the difference between winning and losing, but it can make a youngster pretty miserable. First Shield shin guards from Parker Athletic in Charlotte, N.C., can stop those complaints before they start. Using the same fiber-glass material used on molded casts, the guards actually mold to the shape of each child's leg. First applied in a wet, flexible form, they dry into a rock-solid fit. A soft outside layer keeps them from chafing. Score one for comfort...
They won't be Bartlett's first tough sell. "Sometimes, the difficult stuff sells first," says Colby McWilliams, men's fashion director at Neiman Marcus. "His sailor pant had a difficult fit, but it was the first thing that sold for us." McWilliams says Bartlett's customers are mostly young, urban, trim, confident and, yes, gay. While Bartlett, who is openly gay, moved away from the body-clutching clothes of prior seasons with his recent show, these are still not duds for the chubby. And while Bartlett is also openly from Cincinnati, Ohio, you can't buy his clothes there...
...months, these critics saw a racial double standard. They figured that if Barnicle had been judged by the content of his character, not the color of his skin,[5] he would have been given his walking papers. Not me. I say that if the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit.[6] In Barnicle's case, the punishment fit the crime.[7] He should go and sin no more...