Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Researchers emphasize that both phases, active and quiet, are normal, but that's not very reassuring. Even if the next high-intensity phase of hurricane activity is simply a replay of the last such period, it will wreak far more destruction. Reason: a frenzy of coastal construction has brought huge populations to live at America's beaches and barrier islands--people with no conception of what it's like to sustain a direct hit from a truly powerful hurricane...
...that reason, even a well-tracked storm like Hurricane Andrew could have caused death on a huge scale, just by zigging a few miles to the north at the last minute. Had it made landfall on Miami Beach, where a third of residents didn't evacuate, Andrew could have killed many more than the 15 people whose lives it claimed...
...featured Stern abusing a female body builder and several guests who were hoping to win free cosmetic surgery, was called "the smelly underpants of late-night television" by the L.A. Times, "the dregs of the dregs" by the Washington Post and, probably most hurtful of all, considering Stern's huge fan base in Utah, "sheer torture to watch" by the Deseret News. Even his hometown paper, the New York Post, called him nasty. Cheers, Magic...
...Sons shoe for the fall '95 show," says Bartlett. "We called [Hush Puppies] and asked for some old styles they were not really doing anymore." Bartlett had the shoes custom-dyed in hues to match his suits. Hush Puppies, which claims it was already orchestrating a comeback, got a huge boost from his ideas. Bartlett's newest foray into shoes is a little less traditional. On the catwalk in last month's fall menswear show in Manhattan, models wore leather flip-flops with turned-up toes...
While Bartlett says he would rather have a smaller, more focused business like Helmut Lang or Paul Smith than develop a huge multiplex of style like the label of Ralph Lauren or Calvin Klein, he still has expansion plans. Having his clothes produced in Italy rather than in the U.S. means better tailoring and fabrics, but has raised prices. Eventually he plans to introduce a cheaper line for the malls. By then, maybe Bartlett's nerdy sexuality will be a look the masses can pull...