Word: rush
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bucking Paris and all its traditions for over a decade, but the City of Light still holds a clear lead. Milan staked its claim in a time of flux, when the fashion establishment, still shell-shocked by the '60s, was not quite so restrictive. Italy came on with a rush of fresh talent: dazzling designers (like the Missonis), some fine hands (like Gianfranco Ferre) and some naughty boys (like Gianni Versace). But, in Armani, it produced just a | single world beater. Paris, on the other hand, can still offer a wider spectrum: sumptuous Saint Laurent, engaging Lagerfeld, generative Miyake, fast...
...rush to buy new planes has proved a mixed blessing for Boeing, the largest jet builder. The Seattle-based company, which sold 56% of the jets delivered worldwide last year, has a record $54 billion backlog of orders for 1,049 planes. But that enviable business has led to late deliveries and unaccustomed lapses in quality control. Over the past four years, the FAA has levied 14 fines totaling $245,000 against Boeing for putting faulty parts in exit doors and for other quality-control errors. The fines included a $145,000 penalty that Boeing paid last March for installing...
While the rush hour crowd jockeys for seats on the commuter trains out of North Station tonight, the Saints and the Big Red will be jockeying next door in Boston Garden for a spot in the ECAC finals...
...rush for women to get into the corporate world a few years ago, but when they realized they had to work harder and know more, many felt it wasn't worth the effort. They probably tried to balance a family and a career, and then found their husband or family wasn't supportive...
...settle on a tone for their overplotted yarn of a Junior Ms. Fixit, working simultaneously on the cases of a poor little rich boy and her parents' wavering marriage. The Coppola team tries satire and sentiment, but the story is not so much concluded as abandoned in a muddled rush. Give it a 5.5, and be grateful for the 10.0s on either side...