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...commiserate with the state's new first lady, sharing an observation she'd got from Betty Tucker, wife of then Congressman Jim Guy Tucker. "Betty told me," Susan confided, "that it doesn't change from the local, to the state, to the federal level. The girls just get prettier...
...order business. Why then were the spring openings so vibrant, so full of beauty, craft and rich detail? At Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld outdid himself with a masterly display of chic invention and exquisite attention to fit; the pick of the supermodel pack were on hand, and they never looked prettier. At Dior, Gianfranco Ferre chose a theme of flowers--surely an invitation to cliche--and turned out a collection with lightness and youthful charm. Christian Lacroix produced a rhapsodic meditation on the skirt, recasting his famous pouf, draped rather than puffed. His was the loveliest collection in Paris...
...ideal. But in America, ideals have always been a necessary and efficient form of national energy. Which came first--Newt's vision of the future? Or his fierce personal ambition? Which one drives the other? The nearest answer may be found in W.B. Yeats' line (in language prettier than Gingrich might use): "How can we know the dancer from the dance?" Gingrich decided not to run for President in 1996. That may be just as well. The polls say more than half the American people disapprove of him. His negatives reached critical mass just before Christmas. Whereupon Democrats began...
WRATH IS CURRENTLY THE deadly sin of choice. If you were left out of the greedfest of the '80s, you can now rage against the growing gap between the haves and the have mores. If your job has gone to someone younger, prettier or darker, don't get even...
...sorts of reasons: self-improvement, blond ambition, because it's there. In the pursuit of distant goals, kids can be wonderfully stubborn: some forge themselves into Olympic figure skaters, others into masters of the 18-ft. jump shot. The pageant hopeful may have this doggedness. She can't get prettier, but she can hone her talent, polish her poise. By the time she makes the top 50, she has become a curious hybrid: the professional amateur...