Word: glassing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What is it like to live in these times? Take a tour with me. The country feels enormous still, and various, in spite of airport roads that look identical everywhere and stores that unite the country in a fast-food mythology. The electric glass of Dallas could not be mistaken for Boston's pedagogical tweed or San Diego's white sail. In New York City this season, the sky dims by 4 in the afternoon, and the shop lights pop on like gold-and-white lanterns...
...choppy Indian Ocean off Fremantle, the port for Perth in Western Australia. But then the Fremantle Doctor, a blustery afternoon wind so-called because it cures the 100 degreesF temperatures of the antipodal summer onshore, blew in and riffled the pages of the record book. The fiber glass- hulled New Zealand, dubbed the "Plastic Fantastic," surged ahead on the wind and crossed the finish line 15 seconds ahead of America II, ending one of sport's most venerable records. For the first time in 135 years, an entry of the New York Yacht Club will not sail in an America...
...have now become highly fashionable, they have been around for centuries. The first false diamonds, sculpted from crystal, appeared in the 1600s in France. In Britain, Prince Albert's death in 1861 prompted a grieving Queen Victoria to proclaim that only black jewelry would be considered proper, making black glass jewels temporarily popular among aristocrats. French Designer Coco Chanel made a splash by wearing rhinestones and faux pearls during the Roaring Twenties...
...have made the fakes almost as appealing as the genuine items. Says Lane, who charges anywhere from $16 for lion's-head earrings to $600 for a belt studded with "rubies" and "emeralds": "Every woman wants to be a Cinderella when she puts on jewels. Faux jewelry is like glass slippers. She can look like she's going to the ball even...
...hours were expanded after newspapers ran letters from disgruntled citizens complaining that those who merely wanted a glass of wine at family celebrations were forced to stand in endless lines with those stocking up on vodka. Soviet officials are apparently attempting to shift the country's drinking habits away from vodka and toward less potent beverages. The marketing strategy is debatable. According to Soviet health officials, the antidrinking measures are driving alcoholics to substitute such dangerous substances as methanol and cheap cologne for vodka...