Word: quaintly
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...shamelessly traditional it's almost radical. While elsewhere in pop, bands like Nine Inch Nails scream such lyrics as "I want to f -- -- -- you like an animal," the Boyz uphold a quaint gentlemanliness. Women aren't objects of lust; they are cherished. "Girl, your wish is my command/ I'll submit to your demands," go the lyrics to I'll Make Love II You. Monogamy is celebrated. "Wanna build a new life," goes On Bended Knee. "Gonna make you my wife/ Raise a family." Boyz II Men has found a niche by seeming to be blissfully unaware of its cultural...
...summer began with what was, to me, disaster. I moved into a quaint (read slummy) apartment in Somerville with a great friend of mine. Another friend, and my roommate for next year, was yet to come, so the two of us had the place to ourselves. Excepting the former tenant. A grad student at Harvard with a penchant for the bizarre, the psychedelic and the pornographic, she deserves a full essay dedicated solely to her. She stayed with us for the first few nights we lived at 386 B Washington St. #2, packing her stuff to take a long needed...
This kind of thing can give newness a bad name, even as we eagerly scarf it up -- in fact, because we eagerly scarf it up. "When a trend went out of style, we used to be forgiving of it and think it was quaint, like pink skirts with poodles and crew cuts with white socks," says Steve Hayden, chairman and CEO of BBDO Los Angeles and creator of the famous Orwellian Apple computer commercial that perked up the 1984 Super Bowl. "Now, we actually hate the last trend. It goes from the top of the chart to nothing...
Scuffing dry leaves along brick pavements, in our saddle shoes or loafers, we never passed huge, funny-angled buildings. Around us lay a quaint and quiet village of woodframehomes--many elegantly gracious on tree-shadedlawns. Peaceful--except that, somewhere else, awar was going...
...moved to a house in Georgetown, but life there proved impossible. In that quaint, pricey village, houses are close to the street, and tour buses were soon belching smoke in her windows. She then sought out the relative anonymity and familiarity of New York City. She bought an apartment on upper Fifth Avenue across from Central Park. As a child, living two blocks away on Park Avenue, she played in the park. She emerged from her doorman-protected life to help Bobby Kennedy out on his presidential run. His assassination stunned and depressed her. Frank Mankiewicz, Bobby's press secretary...