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Roomier pants may catch on as more women opt for comfort over the tight, almost girdled feeling. Says Lorelei Davis, whose Fiorucci store in Chicago sells baggy pants in Day-Glo colors and a variety of fabrics: "Fashion is a reaction, and women aren't that comfortable in tight pants." That may be true, but it is scant consolation to many men. Grumbles one New York male: "I don't think the men of America will put up with this...
Given the choice, virtually all delinquents opt for sentencing by the youthful juries. "It's a lot better than going before a judge," says a 16-year-old who stole a car at knife point and was required to accept counseling and strict curfew rules for a year. "It was good to talk to someone who understands," he says of his jury...
...pension plan in return for reduced medical benefits, which he does not need since he has no family. At American Can, employees can forgo, say, annual medical checkups in return for an extra week of paid vacation. Says Senior Vice President Sal Giudice: "A lot of young people opt for that. They want to take that winter ski trip...
...separate cabinet-level Department of Education is, in essence, a "more" proposal in a bureaucratic atmosphere that demands less. Given the choice between extensive surgery and amputation, the good surgeon will opt for the former. --and consider the latter only as a last resort...
...juror who did not want to sit through the Memorex case was excused. There were 118 in all. In many long cases, anyone who cannot get away from work for months at a time or who earns more than jury duty pays-$30 a day plus some extras-will opt out. That leaves, says Stanford Law School Professor William Baxter, juries of "the old, the jobless and the poor." At the 14-month trial of SCM vs. Xerox, a $1.5 billion antitrust suit, the jurors' average education level was tenth grade...