Word: martin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mizrahi had been considered the heir to the American sportswear throne shared by Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren. But unlike the holy trinity, Mizrahi, who trafficked in whimsical, feminine, but rarely outlandish garments, never managed to create a signature look. "There were brilliant first collections," notes Richard Martin, head of the Costume Institute at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, "but they became more and more erratic. Calvin, Donna and Ralph all developed something very distinctive...
...human dignity, Pfeiffer is not about slavery. That subject doesn't even come up except in a couple of lame one-liners. It's more about sex, or at least juvenile double entendres about sex, and potty humor. But the central character--unlike those on the old series Martin on Fox, Def Comedy Jam on HBO and many of the other so-called urban-oriented programs that have drawn large African-American audiences in recent years--is no buffoon. In fact, as played by portly Chi McBride, he's the smartest character on the show...
...shook his finger at me and said, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," he was so damn convincing. Nixon's Oval Office offenses and subsequent prevarications were a thousandfold more reprehensible, but I could always take comfort in his transparency. Slick Willie snookered most of us. MARTIN BLINDER San Anselmo, Calif...
...Thursday, we asked our writers, "Hey, kids: who wants to jet off to Negril, Jamaica this weekend?" The invitation to this all-expense-paid-trip came last-minute from Peter Martin Associates, Inc. Of course, all of us Editors had already overbooked our engagement calendars, so we sent veteran writer Marshal Lewy in our stead...
...Martin also expressed the importance of "agape" love when he explained the importance of the Christian perspective in relation to sex, love and happiness. "As a Christian, our sexual mores evolve from the golden rule [expressed through monogamy]. Agape love is the basis of the two great commandments," he said...