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Word: lapel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Made-up eyes stare away from each other over superficial sights in the general emptiness. They're wearing lapel pins that say "unique." The starry-eyed press agent is admiring Peter from afar and stalking him with a Nikon. "This is a really big one for him," she said, "he's coming back to his home...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Rock 'n Roll Sometimes Forgets | 11/2/1978 | See Source »

Arriving in San Diego, Brown took his place at the head of a Columbus Day parade. With a red carnation nattily tucked in the lapel of a sober gray suit, he waved, shook hands and shouted, "How are ya?" or "Cómo estd?" Sitting in the reviewing stand, he showed a flash of anger when a reporter touched on one of those troubling matters of the gubernatorial style. He wanted to know if Brown had ever smoked marijuana. "I've answered that before," snapped the Governor, turning his head away. As the morning grew hotter, Brown doffed his jacket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tax-Slashing Campaign | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

...black shoes sparkled, his gold watch glittered. In the lapel of his crisp blue jacket a gold pin with five pearls gleamed. Under the hot glare of TV lights he kept dry and cool, sipping club soda. From behind the immaculate facade, however, came a sordid account of influence peddling. In two days of public hearings before the House ethics committee, Tongsun Park, the South Korean rice broker and Georgetown party host, provided the details of how he gave 31 past and present Congressmen, two congressional candidates and President Nixon's re-election committee upward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Park Talks (a Little) | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...world as complex and unpredictable as the one Kosinski perceives, one must make judgments without any hope of foreseeing the consequences of the choice. To take a moral stand requires a plunge into the unknown, the acceptance of a "blind date." One must pin the carnation to the lapel, stand by the lamppost and await an indefinite fate, a handsome beauty or a dilapidated reject. To Kosinski's frustration and disappointment, most Americans would rather stay home and watch television than stand on the street corner and wait for the unexpected

Author: By Steven Schorr, | Title: Dramatis Persona: A Cup of Coffee With Kosinski | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

...converted second-floor storeroom. He blames Medford's problems mostly on the crowding produced when 1,100 freshmen were jammed in with the three upper classes?but not on any lack of spirit. Other principals might give up; not he. A giant blue and white button on his lapel broadcasts his philosophy. It is emblazoned MEDFORD PRIDE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Schools Under Fire | 11/14/1977 | See Source »

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