Word: jacketing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sinclair said the man walked through the store and picked up a sweater. When she asked him if he wished to purchase it, she said, the man pointed at her what appeared to be a gun beneath his brown corduroy jacket...
...pointed the gun at me and said 'give me your cash or I'll blow your brains out,'" Sinclair said. The gun was completely concealed beneath the man's jacket, she said. "It could have been his finger for all I know," she added...
Eric Lai '93 said he and his roommates went into their suite and found cash, a watch, compact discs and a jacket missing...
...model gazes serenely at the magazine reader from the country-club cool of a Ralph Lauren ad. Dressed impeccably in a tweed jacket, silk scarf and elegant suede gloves, she projects all the dreamy remoteness that is typical of Lauren models, with one notable difference: she is black...
Although reading dust-jacket review clips is a filthy habit which I wouldn't encourage in anyone, it was the back of this book which drew me in. (The front cover is incredibly ugly; don't let it deter you.) One of the best of English travel writers (who has also done some exploring of our America, in Old Glory, a fabulous journey down the Mississippi), Jonathan Raban, describes her earlier work as a "romance with America itself, its infinitely possible geography, its license, sexiness, and violence." The description clearly fits this new novel, and romance is a well-chosen...