Word: proclaiming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite its overblown style, the open letter is a rare show of frankness. It does not proclaim from on high that the problem of fraud in scientific research will be taken care of. Instead it says: we're stumped, got any ideas? That is not the typical way Harvard administrators deal with problems. Such openness from administrators is always welcome, though in this instance it seems motivated by the peculiar knottiness of the problem...
Demureness and determination; steel and silk. In Cory Aquino there has & always been the sense of a confidence so strong that it does not need to proclaim itself. Aquino knows where she stands and is sure of the foundations below her: her family and her faith...
While fake baubles have now become highly fashionable, they have been around for centuries. The first false diamonds, sculpted from crystal, appeared in the 1600s in France. In Britain, Prince Albert's death in 1861 prompted a grieving Queen Victoria to proclaim that only black jewelry would be considered proper, making black glass jewels temporarily popular among aristocrats. French Designer Coco Chanel made a splash by wearing rhinestones and faux pearls during the Roaring Twenties...
...just a big excuse to take drugs. Everybody knew about it," said one of the organizers. This is a different kind of defiance than that expressed in the sixties. Instead of the right to "do your own thing," students proclaim the right to "get baked...
...matter how diverse they become, Lauren's wares reflect a rigid design philosophy, a kind of "Polo Manifesto" that his advertising brochures proclaim as "originality, but always with integrity and a respect for tradition." His newest venture, coming this fall, is a line of upholstered furniture ranging from $535 ottomans to $5,500 sofas. "I want to make all the things I love," he says. "A lot of people have nice taste. I have dreams...