Word: ralph
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What I strive for and to a degree achieve as a craftsman wood turner has its roots in the idea expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." This feeling cannot be abandoned...
...reputation for the name-wear of haute couture. They produced a barbed, post-dinner skit, to the tune of Second Hand Rose, that featured such lines as "Secondhand dress/ Goodbye, you old worn-out mess/ I never wear a frock more than once/ Calvin Klein, Adolfo, Ralph Lauren and Bill Blass/ Ronald Reagan's mamma's going strictly first class." The ditty elicited rousing applause and, to the surprise of everyone, a bold, well-prepared rejoinder from the First Lady. As a garment rack was dramatically wheeled out from the wings, Nancy strode onstage-in a veritable riot...
Another dark side of the sport this year has been the unkindness shown Georgetown's 7-ft. freshman center, Patrick Ewing, including a death threat. Although Ralph Sampson of Virginia is two years older and 4 in. taller, Ewing is the awesome figure in college basketball now. He figures to play Bill Russell to Sampson's Wilt Chamberlain in pro seasons ahead. But for the present, Ewing has been a focus of cynicism. Records have been broken this year for cruelty in the stands, and the normal expression on Ewing's face has been a bolt...
...RALPH LAUREN. Tom Wolfe once derided Lauren's "Savile Pseud suits," and backpacking types have been known to mutter about the imposed funk of his Western look. But no one has so codified American traditionalism, or mined it quite so profitably, as Ralph Lauren. His Polo (for men) and Ralph Lauren (for women) labels, with their assorted subsidiaries, sidelines and licenses, pulled in more than $700 million last year. His logo of a mallet-wielding polo player has galloped across everything from ties to dresses, saddle blankets to note pads, and is well on the way to giving...
...clothes for men and women will feature a British accent, with lots of strict tailoring: heathery tweeds for men, an elongated Norfolk jacket for women worn with a contrasting tweed skirt. Fabrics immaculate, tailoring impeccable: the best off-the-rack American stuff that comes to hand. Wearing Ralph Lauren is not exactly like falling into Jay Gatsby's closet; it is more like joining one of John O'Hara's country clubs...