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...willing buyers like me. I was leafing through a fall fashion magazine the other day, plotting my seasonal purchases. There was a charming outfit by a no-name designer in delicious shades of pink and red (this is the year of color, remember): mohair coat, $725; cropped jacket, $575; knit dress, $230. The total for the ensemble: ! $1,530. That's not including the $68 wool scarf, $15 ribbed tights or the who- knows-how-much gloves. I bought a pair of stretch velvet leggings last year for $80 -- not exactly dirt cheap but top-notch fashion for the money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style Ode to a Tyrannical Muse (or Why I Love and Hate Fashion) | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

Council representatives agree that the tightly-knit members of the Undergraduate Council's finance committee are among the hardest working of the council's membership, and will group together to almost jealously protect their financial decisions...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE | Title: `Billionaire Boys' Club' in Action | 11/3/1990 | See Source »

...panelists discussed the organization's efforts to deal with issues ranging from AIDS research to the cutthroat Senate race in North Carolina. ACT-UP's loose-knit organization claims operating centers in six major U.S. cities including Boston, and several foreign countries...

Author: By Beong-soo Kim, | Title: Panel Attacks Senator Helms | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

...People's Party and three smaller allied parties were pitted against the Islamic Democratic Alliance, a loose-knit coalition of 18 parties united by their dislike for Ms. Bhutto but strained by individual ambitions...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Bhutto's Party Loses Election | 10/25/1990 | See Source »

...this, the 65,700-man military is simply too small. Pentagon experts reckon the country should have a standing army of at least 100,000. Fahd's family has been leery of a powerful military; for internal security it relies on the 35,000-man National Guard, a tightly knit organization based on tribal loyalties. Still, the government has moved to expand the regular military. Earlier this month, Fahd asked for volunteers. Thousands of Saudis responded, displaying a degree of patriotism not often seen in the heterogeneous state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Lifting The Veil | 9/24/1990 | See Source »

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