Word: glamourizer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is intimidation. "I think any guy who doesn't wear a black tie when the invitation says black tie is really tacky," insists Glamour Editor Charla Krupp. "It's not cool anymore not to wear one. It's just cheap...
Like a drunk waking up from a 20-year binge with a massive hangover, the nation is bitter, remorseful and full of resolution. The easy tolerance of the late 1960s, when turning on was a statement of personal freedom, has turned to dread. Cocaine, the glamour dust of the late '70s -- fast, clean, fun! -- has been boiled down to hard and mean little pellets of crack, giver of euphoria, taker of lives. To a nation that espouses self-reliance, drug dependence has emerged as the dark side of the American character, the price of freedom to fail...
...rock purists, Beehive (which takes its name from the puffed-up hairdos of the early '60s) may be too prefab and refried. The songs are speeded up, the styles are hyped up, and the performances are often camped up. Critics will also note the absence of glamour gold from Phil Spector's girl groups; where is Uptown, He's a Rebel, Be My Baby, Not Too Young to Get Married or the ineffable Da Doo Ron Ron? But Gallagher was not looking to create a Madame Tussaud's of femme pop; he wanted to take an affectionate look...
...change, exploding with new wealth. Its economic output has more than tripled in a decade, and its population since 1970 has jumped by 50%, to 2.1 million. The county's coastal area has transformed itself into a highenergy, high-rolling, high-living megalopolis, creating an "Orange Riviera" brimming with glamour and glitz...
Bond, who still has the boyish smile and laid-back cool that made him a celebrity in the '60s, is the glamour candidate. He is the clear favorite of the upwardly mobile young blacks, known as buppies, whose BMWs decorate the lot of his sprawling campaign headquarters. Cicely Tyson came down for a fund raiser, and so did the Temptations; Bill Cosby and Ted Kennedy have sent checks. Polished and witty, Bond has an air of bemused nonchalance; like a horse who shies from hurdles, he has backed away from seeking higher office or tougher challenges in the past...