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...scrambling for a new look and a fresh idea. The trend is against them and so, for the moment, are the numbers. Hartmarx Corp., which owns middle-income retail stores like Wallachs in New York and Baskin in Chicago as well as Hart Schaffner & Marx, purveyors of off-the-peg businessman style for more than 100 years, has been enduring a three-year slump even though it retains an 11% share of the U.S. men's suit market. Brooks Brothers posted a 41% drop in operating profits for the past fiscal year. A spokesman for Marks & Spencer, the British department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bonfire of The Business Suits | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

Other attacks have done little to raiseRappaport's credibility. For example, he has triedto peg Kerry with being "soft" on Iraqi PresidentSaddam Hussein for proposing that theinternational community should grant the Arableader some "wiggle room" in negotiating asettlement...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: A Long Trip Downhill | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

...peg-legged woman walks past David Lynch's table. She might be a victim from Blue Velvet or local color from Twin Peaks. But the man who dreamed up both of those nightmare entertainments pays her no heed. In the woodsy main dining room of Musso & Frank's, Hollywood's oldest eatery, the 44-year-old multimedia auteur concentrates on ordering his usual lunch: "A Swiss cheese, real Swiss cheese, on whole wheat. A side order of steamed broccoli. And a Coke." In his soft tenor voice, he discusses nutrition: "Do you like it when your sandwich is burned like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Lynch: Czar of Bizarre | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

...where doctors will infuse her with more engineered T cells and check for possible side effects. But Anderson and Blaese are optimistic. "We're very comfortable with the concept," says Blaese. In the meantime, as a precaution mandated by the FDA, the girl will continue to receive the PEG-ADA drug treatment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Giant Step for Gene Therapy | 9/24/1990 | See Source »

...ball was eventually fielded by left fielder Mike Greenwell, who threw to second baseman Jody Reed. Reed's peg home beat Sorrento, who was trying for an inside-the-park homer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sorrento Leads Twins Over Red Sox, 3-2 | 7/17/1990 | See Source »

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