Word: lint
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...Things get interesting when you get past the top ten "fear of" searches to the very long list of very individual and odd concerns. Among the unusual fears - such as: feet, happiness, lint, ceiling fans or even the "fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth" - lives an interesting pattern. Sifting through over 1500 "fear of" searches in the last 12 weeks there are two opposites that play out repeatedly: we're afraid of being isolated ("fear of being alone") almost as much as we are of making a connection ("fear of intimacy...
Like all great merchants, Drexler is a relentless store walker, picking up details on operations, fashion and consumer behavior like so much lint. "You can get numbers, but there's no flavor," says Drexler, who fell in love with retail during a summer job at the now defunct Abraham & Straus department store exactly because he wasn't deskbound. After stints at Bloomingdale's and Macy's, he became ceo of Ann Taylor and revived the company, which got the attention of Gap founder Donald Fisher. It has all contributed to an almost eerie command of what's happening around...
...conditioned for the WWF (that’s World Wrestling Federation, not World Wildlife Fund)—thrown from wall to wall, often bouncing. Today, Wilosevic changed his jeans twice and put on a tie “just to see.” Wagner, meanwhile, was lifting lint from his new overcoat. After buying me a much-needed burrito, Wakefield had his hair trimmed, unsatisfactorily—still too bushy on the left side, though as he conceded, the mistake was invisible.Will was gone for the weekend (thank God: I could breath some fresh air at night without...
...Executive Officer Elizabeth Y. Lint said if the initiative passes, the commission will decide whether to approve license applications based on the potential harm to the area, the extent of demand, and the level of local support...
...wish to be accommodated,” Jillson said. “They just want to have a nice meal and a glass of wine or a pizza and a cold beer.” In April of this year, Jillson sent a letter to CLC Executive Officer Elizabeth Lint, asking for a review of the 20-year-old policy. Lint could not be reached for comment yesterday...