Word: passee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Over the years, store-window dummies have gone through almost as many phases as their garments. Early mannequins were sculpted from wax, and had a tendency to droop and drip in sunny display windows. Later came models of plaster, papier-mache and several varieties of more durable plastic. Though small...
First it was the Afro, a frizzy, frazzled look that billowed out as a symbol of black pride and awareness. Later the 'fro became as passe among some avant-garde blacks as the plantation bandanna, giving way to such hairstyles as the puff and the shag. But no successor...
"The Israeli military aim is to conclusively defeat the Arabs so as to avoid any future attack of this sort," Safran said. He said that the Arab aim to obtain a definite foothold on the east bank, in the Sinai, was being forestalled. "The Arabs must reach the line of...
Then why the fad? For one thing, smoking pot has become commonplace, even passe, and some people look for new thrills. For another, coke is a powerful stimulant that helps the jaded to forget their ennui. The stimulating effects were discovered by Andean Indians, who for centuries have been chewing...
Locally, most of the posturing this Fall has concerned Afro-American Studies and the Faculty's Afro Review Committee. The topic is not passe; by any measure, Afro-American Studies is a pressing issue. The complexities of the Afro debate have consumed most of the Afro debate have consumed most...