Word: offbeaters
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...amazing production design of ‘Batman,’” it’s no surprise that “Charlie” made it off the ground. What the public received, instead of a triumphant return to form for a once interesting and offbeat commercial director, was a cultural product more neo-fascist in character than a cabinet meeting in the Bush administration. How a movie about an evil dictator who fires all his employees, leaving them impoverished, wretched, starving, and without dignity, only to be continually loved and revered by them, could captivate audiences...
...knows that handbags are money-spinners. Giannini herself has already proved that at Gucci, where accessories sales were up 33-34% for the first half of this year. Over at Burberry, Bailey banished the look that has dominated fashion for several seasons. Gone were the flounces and brooches and offbeat appliqués. Instead, Bailey streamlined the silhouette with swingy short trench coats and dabbled with a soft '60s-style color palette of faded teal and mustard, inspired by unlikely fashion icons - the British royals, as depicted in period portraits. The Windsor influence didn't show up elsewhere...
...that the nation's capital boasts a second tier of smaller, more specialized museums that are equally fascinating and often possess certain distinct advantages over their bigger, better-known brethren. For starters, they are less crowded and often inexpensive or free. In those institutions, adventurous tourists can find colorful, offbeat exhibits highlighting world-class collections, in some cases the only ones of their kind...
...tall Starbucks coffee in hand, Showalter casually strolled up to me wearing a green corduroy blazer, a black collared shirt, pink pants, white shoes, and rock star sun glasses atop his meticulously coiffed hair. Lean, friendly, and stubbled, Showalter is the perfect hybrid of laid-back cool and offbeat metrosexual...
...attracted to Betsy at first glimpse. But as I got to know her, I found myself falling in love with her quick mind, offbeat sense of humor and agility on the dance floor, where I thought I had mastered the fox-trot. We danced our way to the altar. We married in 1940, following a courtship that, like the one with my Houston friend, involved separation...