Word: gowning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent years, town-gown relations have been characterized by tension and strain. From the University's land dealings in Allston to its plans for the new Knafel Center, many Cantabrigians have comes to see Harvard as an insensitive Goliath, acting without regard for local interests. The University's decision to do something to ameliorate the dearth of low-income housing-one of the local community's most pressing problems-should be well received...
Ordinarily, a football huddle would be the last place a girl would go for advice on making the decision between a strapless gown and a halter dress. But on this team, Cruz can talk fashion with the halfback, Diocelina Macias (5 ft. 6 in., 137 lbs.), as she's doing now. Or she can try defensive tackle Patricia Mora (5 ft. 7 in., 170 lbs.). Imelda Chaparro (5 ft. 8 in., 226 lbs.), another lineman, would be another option, but she's on the sidelines after suffering a concussion in last week's game...
City Councillor and Vice Mayor Anthony D. Gallucio said the plan is an important in improving town-gown relations...
...hardly a material imitation of the beaux-arts. Of the two forces blurring the distinction between haute couture and prt--porter, it is the upstarts who are keeping fashion alive. From the beautiful origami poetry of Yohji Yamamoto to the jaw-droppingly precise seduction of a Richard Tyler gown to the eclectic utilitarian sensibilities of Helmut Lang (three designers who have yet to fashion a perfume), these younger collections have proven to be high fashion without the pretentious haute couture label, living proof that fashion will live for another 1000 years...
...world, bureaucratic and hospital red tape kept her from getting preventive drugs for 5 1/2 hours. If she had not complained loudly and bitterly, she might never have got the medication. The experience left her stunned and confused: "My left hand is caked in blood. I am wearing a gown and have masking tape in my hair, around my wrists, neck, ankles and knees...I realize I'm standing with my arms at my sides facing the wall, saying quietly over and over, 'I'm alive. I'm alive.'" In the account of her ordeal published in April, she noted...