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Word: plaids (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...preponderance of alumni at our games. They just don't make for the same excitement. The corporate lawyer banging on the glass screaming "You SUCK!" is an image no one, especially the corporate lawyer, could ever imagine. The Radcliffe grad in a plaid ankle length skirt asking friends and strangers for the best private preschool would never belch. "Fat this, Terriers!" from the balcony...

Author: By Michael K. Mayo, | Title: Bleak Seats at the Garden | 2/9/1993 | See Source »

Next door at J. August, my roving reporter's eye spots three styles of boxer shorts. They are cheap and not unpleasant. The best-looking pair sports a blue and green plaid design, a Harvard logo and lots of fuzzy flannel to keep you warm. The price...

Author: By Geoffrey J. Hoffman, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Bargain Hunting's Knight Errant | 1/13/1993 | See Source »

Mass Army-Navy's best-seller is the Royal Stuart boxer, sported at one time by Scotland's royal Stuart family. (The tartan plaid, that is, not the boxers...

Author: By Geoffrey J. Hoffman, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Bargain Hunting's Knight Errant | 1/13/1993 | See Source »

Numerous other styles include paisley, plaid and polka dot; athletic teams (Red Sox and Celtics); and cartoon heroes like the Tasmanian Devil, Opus, Rocky and Bullwinkle...

Author: By Geoffrey J. Hoffman, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Bargain Hunting's Knight Errant | 1/13/1993 | See Source »

...inside, preschoolers nurse acorns in paper cups and watch for signs of growth. This is a neighborhood where a child could get stabbed over a pair of sneakers; but the students of Malcolm X Elementary dress in uniform, the boys in white shirts and red ties, the girls in plaid jumpers. "If we don't hold high expectations for these children," asks principal John Pannell, the son of a West Virginia school-bus driver, "then who will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes This School Work? | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

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