Word: riche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that Texas has been ugly and mean, a nest of fire ants and rattlesnakes and men somewhat worse. If you say it is heroic, you might also point out that Sam Houston, when he lived among the Cherokees, was known as Big Drunk. If you say Texas is rich, you can also say it is desperately poor and hardscrabble, and always has been. If you say it is ruggedly individualistic, you can also say it is meritlessly lucky to be built on top of a vast natural oil tank. If you say it is full of self-confident brag...
Andie Walsh has it tough. At her mid-'80s high school, the setting for Pretty in Pink, the rich kids cut the unrich with cold shoulders and easy slurs. It is the Sharks vs. the Jets all over again; this time the weapons are not switchblades but attitude. Andie (Molly Ringwald) is a "poor girl" pursued by a freaky-geeky boy pal, whose devotion drives her bats, and in love with a rich boy who may not be strong enough to declare his finer feelings and risk his friends' derision. So who comforts Andie? Why, her dear dilapidated...
...early 16th century, he marveled at "the subtle Ingenia of men in foreign lands." This show gives Americans a good opportunity to return the compliment. Nuremberg was one of the great entrepreneurial centers of the late Middle Ages: innovative in production, much concerned with quality control, widely specialized, adventurous, rich and proud. Its burghers and nobles demanded art to match. The curators of this show have not stinted on what one might call the oo-ah side--the gold- and silverwork, the enamels and tiny carvings, the intricate chalices and aquamaniles that expressed the patrician sumptuousness of the city...
...Some Rich Friends...
Pieckenhagen will be backed by Andrew Hawley at seven, Hunnewell at six, Rich Kennelly at five, Grout at four, Steve Potter at three, Mike Scott at two, and Neil Oleson in bow. Devin Mahony, who has coxed the heavies the entire season, will again steer the race for the varsity boat...