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...should be taking note. In recent years the Key has made an effort to cook the right multi-ethnic stew in its selection process, and this seems to have placated any would-be watchdogs in University Hall. But unless the University has chosen to actively participate in GAP Khaki's marketing campaign, it should be sensitive to other forms of homogeneity among its emissaries...
...opposed to the khaki-pant laden displays of today's Gap and Express, Kuelzer recalls small store windows displaying "hippy things--bongs, pipes and psychedelic stuff...
...opposed to the khaki-pant laden displays of today's Gap and Express, Kuelzer recalls small store windows displaying "hippy things--bongs, pipes and psychedelic stuff...
...challenge. Largely, it's a matter of money. Though the P.L.A.'s budget shot up 13% last year, that cash went to help the army get leaner, not meaner. From a mid-1970s high of 4 million soldiers, the army now fields some 2 million. And even that massive khaki swarm is armed mostly with Mao-era weapons. Explains Brookings Institution China expert David Shambaugh: "They have no, repeat no, 1990s weapons in their inventory." Though China's procurement officials are easy to spot working the Paris Air Show and other military fests, they are mostly window shopping. The P.L.A...
Moderates these days. They're everywhere you look. It's hard to pinpoint exactly when moderation became the fashion, but it seems to have coincided with the introduction of khaki clothing by Banana Republic in the early '90s. It was an ominous sign of the sort of mediocrity we had to look forward to. Maybe people were sick of the whole '80s punk scene. Those shocking colors, large earrings and screaming music (not to mention that hair) were, admittedly, grating on the eyes. There were only so many days in a row you could wear your favorite lime green Converse...