Word: madison
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sophomore Ted H. Park says he would be willing to try the new soft drink, "I'd use it--a drug's a drug," although Madison Sample '87 recommends another method for staying awake late at night. "I just use a cold towel," Sample says...
...129th anniversary of the college's founding, the President spoke on the need for a historical perspective in evaluating the changes that have transformed the U.S. over the past five decades. Later that year former Vice Presidential Candidate Geraldine Ferraro addressed students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on the importance of adhering to liberal principles within the Democratic Party. And last December, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney selected the University of Chicago as the forum to drive home his views on the dangers of protectionist trade policies...
...worldly prince of fashion remains an inveterate daydreamer, just as in his high school days. At times he has spoken of opening a steakhouse on Madison Avenue, a project that has yet to materialize. He has talked about starting a record company. Often Lauren has expressed an ambition to be an actor, though he turned down an offer to make a guest appearance on TV's The Love Boat...
...designer now sells his products in 48 franchised Polo shops, 132 department store boutiques and 16 discount outlets. In April he opened what his company calls the world's largest one-designer store, Polo/ Ralph Lauren, in a 20,000-sq.-ft. renovated mansion on Manhattan's tony Madison Avenue shopping strip. The Polo palace, which is the first retail store Lauren has owned outright, represents a gamble that one designer can produce enough strong-selling goods to support a department store-size emporium...
Lauren has gone multinational, a feat that many European designers achieved decades ago but that their U.S. counterparts have never quite managed to duplicate on the same scale. In the same month that he opened his Madison Avenue mansion for business, Lauren unveiled a grand salon in Paris. Says Patrick McCarthy, editor of Women's Wear Daily: "He is the first American designer to seize the potential for the American look in Europe...