Word: rackes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...American pop. From the funk styles of James Brown to the fervid testifying of Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye, soul music was something you could not only hear but also feel: rhythm without blues, emotion without sentimentality. Then in the '80s a few big record companies discovered they could rack up sales by substituting hyperactive beats and overdressed arrangements for soul's honest impact. Subtle vocal stylists gave way to crooners; soul gave way to dance music, marketed mainly to black listeners. Even powerful singers like Whitney Houston were steered into this aesthetic dead...
Raymond Ost, Julien, Hotel Meridien Rack of lamb Very nice pumpkin soup...
When it comes to fashion, both Clintons might best be described as conscientious objectors. "I don't think he even knows who Armani is," marvels an aide somewhat hyperbolically. Clinton's suits are still bought off the rack from Dillard's, a down-home Little Rock department store. In his casual wear, Clinton favors jeans and khakis, not even bothering to follow his generation in its mid-life enthusiasm for the Gap and Banana Republic. The President-elect's constant battles with his weight might influence fashion were not Levi's already hitting it big with Dockers, which...
...Garden St., students occupy all four floors, each with long carpeted hallways, freshly painted walls and elevator service. The ground floor has a huge common room with seven couches, and underground tunnels are convenient to Harvard Real Estate's recycling center and a very full student bicycle rack...
...State is that of Dean Acheson, Cyrus Vance, James Baker -- a suave Wasp lawyer, slender and urbane, who probably rowed at Yale or Princeton. But Lawrence Eagleburger, the new Acting Secretary, looks like the Michelin man with a cane. He once had an exercise bike fitted with a special rack so he could read diplomatic cables; it stood unused so long it was finally removed, and now he's ballooned to more than 250 lbs. He's had a knee-replacement operation, takes steroids for a muscle disorder, and has been spotted with a cigarette in one hand...