Word: shopped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...American male is a difficult species to dress. He hates to shop. He considers it daringly fashion-forward to wear a deep blue shirt instead of a pale blue one. On casual Fridays, he may go nuts and slip on a pair of khakis. To most of his ilk, showing that you care about what you wear is European or effeminate, or both...
...some mediocre, jolly ones) and kept touring, though his audiences were getting older and sometimes smaller. When radio stations wouldn't play his new records, he figured his career was winding down and set about creating an alternative revenue stream. He and a friend opened a T-shirt shop in 1984 and expanded it into the first Margaritaville Cafe...
...allow for a dialogue. To show indecision, another writer breaks up her essay into brief passages, each presenting a separate thought on her decision not to have a child. Digging into the book, the reader meets a Vietnamese immigrant struggling with tradition, a young writer working in a bagel shop to pay rent, a college dropout discussing the problems of our education system and a woman with epilepsy. Statements on e-mail romances, corrupt politics and violence are all present, addressing the concerns of contemporary society. The novel's contributors comprise a fairly limited circle in that they share...
...your article about the Internet's being the newest way to shop [THE INTERNET ECONOMY, July 20], you said computers will replace shopping malls because they make buying things faster and cheaper. But the entire point of shopping is to spend leisure time with friends while doing something necessary. Shopping is not just a quick task. It is an entire way of life. JENNIFER DIIORIO, age 14 New York City...
...small firms. Since our company went online with Railway Productions.com this year, we've been able to reach customers who never knew about our products. After all, how many stores sell a wide selection of videos about trains? Now we don't have to beg and plead with shop owners to give us a try. We just bypass them and go straight to the customer. LES JARRETT Indianapolis...