Word: flair
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...blaming celibacy for everything that she dislikes in the church, Ranke- Heinemann follows a path already well trod by Protestants, historians and other feminists. However, she displays a polemical and sarcastic flair ("theology increasingly became the business of bachelors") and merrily marshals rather selective evidence of priestly misogyny through the ages. One 12th century divine urged men to remember that a pretty woman starts as "a foul-smelling drop of semen" and is destined to be "food for worms." Ranke- Heinemann's acerbic wit is less impressive when she turns to the modern era. She cannot, for instance, bring herself...
...department stores, since they are the nucleus of the business," says Harvey Jones, ad manager at West Point | Pepperell, who won't even divulge the number of outlets the brand operates. Others go to some lengths to disguise their outlets: Izod Lacoste sportswear is sold at Fashion Flair outlets, Escada at First Choice outlets, and Dior and Hathaway at Warnaco...
...functional, no-frills era, Haas boldly mixes styles and allusions, paying tribute to master builders and reviving the richness and variety of earlier ages. Every Haas mural has the flair and comic touch of the Baroque -- art striving for the grand impression. "The real talent is to know how little to do to get a lot," he says. "That is the theatrical effect...
...long as it emphasizes the sweep of history, this encyclopedia has dignity and flair. When it tries to keep up with current events, the book often resembles a hardbound USA Today. An untroubled Donald Trump appears, along with Wayne Gretzky, Jimmy Breslin and Oprah Winfrey. Parapsychology and the occult are given two massively illustrated layouts; the Holocaust merits less than half a page. In the section on American writers, James Baldwin stares out from a large color portrait, while Mark Twain is granted a small black-and- white snapshot, and Henry James is not seen at all, though oddly enough...
...legal exploits, Dershowitz continues to be a magnet for both praise and criticism. By all accounts, Dersh is a colorful character, whose flamboyance and flair have led some to call him a caricature of himself...