Word: lapelled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good or ill, Lauren's first creations sparked the wide-tie-and-lapel boom of the late 1960s and early '70s. His ties were four inches wide, compared with the then standard 2 1/2 inches, came in vibrant Italian-silk patterns and were priced at $15, more than double the conventional rate. "For anyone who liked clothes, to have a Polo tie was such a luxury. It was really a coveted item," recalls a former employee, Anthony Edgeworth, now a noted photographer. Lauren sold $500,000 worth of ties in his 1967 start-up year, when his entire business...
...Capitol Hill, the latest lapel button bears the query WHERE'S THE BUDGET? The short answer is: Nowhere. Last week Congress missed the April 15 deadline for passing a budget resolution for fiscal 1987. While President Reagan refused to compromise on the unpopular budget he proposed last February, Congress continued squabbling over the mix of domestic and military spending and whether to raise taxes, ignoring the timetable, set by the Gramm-Rudman Act, which it considered so urgent last year. Shrugged House Speaker Tip O'Neill: "We miss all kinds of deadlines around here...
Sporting a shamrock in his lapel, Ronald Reagan was about to get his hair cut in the White House basement when he took time to talk to Washington Contributing Editor Hugh Sidey. As the subject turned to Nicaragua, the President's St. Patrick's Day cheer evaporated and he became unusually intense and passionate. Excerpts from the interview...
Preachers who purchase airtime frequently offer books, calendars, lapel pins and whatnot to those who phone or write in. Viewers requesting "premiums" often send checks, but the preachers' real goal is to build a computerized name list for future direct-mail solicitation. One prominent evangelist, Oregon-based Hispanic Luis Palau, complains with some justification, "When you try to talk to somebody about Jesus Christ in America, they immediately think all you want is to get their name, address and ZIP code...
...Eastern's workers fretted over last week's layoffs, they wore lapel buttons, distributed by the unions, that read: WE STAND TOGETHER. But that defiant-sounding message is printed on a peel-off sticker. If the new talks yield a settlement satisfactory to the workers, they plan to remove the stickers. The buttons would then show Eastern's familiar blue logo and a new message: WORKING TOGETHER. Rather than strike, the airline's employees want to keep on earning their wings every...