Word: peacock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...transitional-housing development in Memphis, Tenn. Among the items: a portrait by the only artist for whom Elvis ever sat (1); a Texaco credit card (2); a 1971 jumpsuit (3); sheet music for All Shook Up (with original title I'm All Shook Up) (4); and the aptly named "Peacock Belt" (5). While you should start saving money, there's no need to diet; items from the fat and the skinny years are available...
...Mfume says, it's also been redlined--divided into distinct white and minority (mostly black) 'hoods. Four years after Oprah Winfrey challenged Ross and Rachel to "get a black Friend," the most diverse group on NBC's Must-See comedies is the paint-colored men diving into the peacock logo at breaks, while UPN and the WB have a stable of black-cast comedies. Only a few sitcoms, like the WB's For Your Love and UPN's upcoming Grown Ups, are integrated...
...contrast to the old days, when the goal of coloring your hair was to make sure nobody could tell, the new wave grows out of a peacock-like desire to make sure everyone within a 10-mile radius notices. Chris Landry, 25, sits on a chair at Urban Renewal in Denver while Yvonne tips his platinum hair blue with a mascara wand. Landry, who has had his hair tipped for 14 years and may in fact be in a fashion rut, is here after making a mess with store-bought blue dye. "Yvonne told me she could fix this...
...dictated the modernization of the country, the Shah threw himself a nationalistic "party of the century" at the ancient Persian capital of Persepolis. The guest list was glittery, and the extravagance made many gag: peacock stuffed with foie gras was a main course. A costumed parade of Iranian history, however, failed to mention Islam--a blind spot that became the Shah's ultimate undoing...
After the show, Ottewell answered our one lingering question: "Where does the name Gomez come from?" At University, Ottewell, Ball and Peacock knew a guy named Gomez who took extraordinary amounts of acid. One time, he took a bit too much and was expelled following drug-induced behavior. The guys found the story amusing and, explains Ottewell, "He had a name, we didn...