Word: patina
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Everybody knows that a brand-new Harvard T-shirt screams, "tourist," but a faded collegiate top softly implies, "coolness." How does one achieve the latter? There are three routes to patina-posh: (1) legitimately wear the garment for about five years, (2) buy a weathered T-shirt at Abercrombie & Fitch, or (3) make it yourself. For all you threes out there, here's a little recipe...
Everybody knows that a brand-new college t-shirt screams "tourist," but a faded collegiate top softly implies "coolness." How does one achieve the latter? There are three routes to patina-posh: (1) legitimately wear the garment for about 5 years, (2) buy a weathered t-shirt at Abercrombie & Fitch, or (3) make it yourself. For all you threes out there, here's a little recipe...
...documents and gave permission for former agents to speak at the meeting, the main Russian contribution came from Oleg Kalugin, a former major general of the KGB, the Soviet Union's intelligence service, who, because he has broken ranks with his former bosses, brought only his memories. Adding a patina of covert authenticity, the bulk of the conference took place at Teufelsberg, a once secret complex built on an artificial mountain in a forest near the outskirts of West Berlin. Surmounted by the eerie globes of eavesdropping radio antennas, Teufelsberg was a huge cold war spy station. (These days...
...bogus, how beguiling, that in the midst of the Depression, Hollywood erected Art Deco penthouses for swells with nothing better to do than dance the night away. Did audiences rebel at this fantasy vision? No, they wanted escape--escape into elegance. Nearly everyone opted for that patina. Gangsters and jazzmen went to their gigs in cool dark suits; gas-station attendants wore bow ties. To look natty was to buy into the Hollywood myth. Mr. DeMille might never come to Podunk, but Middle America was always ready for its close...
...have five days to go. We have, in the old cliche, a long way to go and a short time to get there." For Pat Buchanan, the Bayou victory was especially sweet, since it comes on the heels of his win in the Alaska straw poll, lending a new patina of credibility to his candidacy. "This win will help Buchanan expand his already solid base among religious conservatives in Iowa and New Hampshire," notes Birnbaum...