Word: flannell
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This is death to Cheever, whose nobility as a writer was in saving his characters from stereotype; he elevated the trials of those gray-flannel souls to a kind of sanctified anguish. He saw them from the inside. And because he was a sensualist in describing people who thought it their sad destiny to be prim, Cheever was able to create a kind of lyric poetry about the things he loved: the forced intimacy of Manhattan foot traffic, a beach house at midnight, the fidelity in a cocker spaniel's tilted glance, the tenseness in a young wife's posture...
...role of conciliator. Political analysts argue that he could emerge as a stabilizing figure when compared with some fire-eating Sunbelt Republicans. Says Kevin Phillips, author of the newly published Arrogant Capital: "((Texas Representative)) Dick Armey is going to make Gingrich look like the man in the gray flannel suit. He's going to look like the man you . . . call and give the serious arguments...
Chris just smiled. "It's fine," he told her, "I'm all right." His companion remained quiet, his eyes on the floor as though not wanting to be noticed. He was tall, dressed rather like Chris usually did, in a flannel shirt, new Levis and lace-up workboots that appeared as if they, too, had just been taken off the shelf. "There was no real age to him," Melissa says. "No wrinkles. Just this perfectly smooth and pale, white, white skin and ice blue eyes. I mean I've never seen that color blue on any human before. They were...
...illuminate brilliant white walls and the expensive hand-embroidered shirts which hang there. Salespeople serve as fashion consultants, hovering near dressing rooms, offering advice on how to coordinate outfits. Their customers admire themselves in full-length mirrors, examining the cut and style of a vintage piece. An earth-toned flannel shirt and matching hunting jacket are prominently displayed together as one of the many luscious combinations to be assembled from the racks. Pearly costume jewelry is carefully arranged in a long glass cabinet. Whenever the front door opens, the traffic of Newbury Street disturbs the tranquility of the bright store...
Enough has been written about the phenomena that Seattle bands have popularized this past year. Now that the flannel has stopped flying and the hooplah died down, most of the bands that capitalized on hailing from that grunge mecca have now crawled back into the second-rate clubs from whence they came...