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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...look. It was by no means couture but still retained the notion of a label and so, we assume, a house of fashion. Agins points out that Tommy Hilfiger's designs are largely knock-offs of Ralph Lauren's designs which were the original knock-offs of the American flag--and this is so funny that I wish I could pass it off as my own observation...

Author: By John A. Burton, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Is Fashion Dead? | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...realistic," says TIME Washington correspondent John Dickerson. "Everybody knew that." So what's the story behind the scenes in this ongoing drama? Perhaps it's that Helms, a 26-year Senate veteran, repeatedly clashed with Moseley-Braun during her term, most memorably over the use of the Confederate flag. Moseley-Braun, the first black woman to become a senator, later accused Helms of taunting her in an elevator by whistling "Dixie." The White House, meanwhile, appears to be relishing the whole matter, watching Helms get into potentially deep water with accusations against a minority and knowing that it can always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Jesse Helms Whistling 'Dixie' Over Nomination? | 10/27/1999 | See Source »

...school doors are already open when principal Pat Voss pads up the front steps in her cranberry Goofy T shirt and heads for the main office. Nancy Giessmann is in the cafeteria making breakfast, Vron Murphy is in the office doing photocopying left from the night before. The flag next to the front steps is still flying at half-staff, in honor of the teacher who dropped dead in the hallway between periods two weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monday | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...anything they can, and if they can get him out of school, they'll be relieved. If the situation at Littleton never happened, things would be a lot different now." Matt complains that the school targets students who stand out. "They don't talk to the preppy kids. They flag the kids that are Goth and wear black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wednesday: 6:30 P.M. Matt's House | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...hard, living on the street. This chick from Lincoln I know, though, she's buying me a hotel room." He laughs. "Got another cigarette?" he asks Beth. "Know what that is?" He points to a patch sewed to the thigh of his black pants. "It's the rebel flag. It's the symbol of the Confederacy." He laughs again, takes a drag of his cigarette. "I love to piss people...

Author: By Micaela K. Root and Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: CRLS.: The Kids Next Door | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

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