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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...love. Almost every poem ends with a phrase describing a healing, embattled love: "but the night was dark/ and love was a burning fence/ about my house," she writes at the end of "Gemini." "Quiet love hangs/ in the door of my house/ a sheet of brick-caught silk/ rent in the sun" concludes "Echo", also written in the 1950s. But "Dreams Bite", written in 1968, ends "I shall love/ again/ when I am obsolete...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: Lorde's Hypnotic Undersong | 2/25/1993 | See Source »

Chase fumbled in and out of a purple and yellow silk jersey, and proudly sported the customized green and white sequined brassiere presented to him along with the Pudding Pot by the show's producers...

Author: By Amanda C. Pustilnik, | Title: 'Man of the Year' Chase Takes Pudding Pot Prize | 2/24/1993 | See Source »

...Belt? So far the delicate pieces have no discernible shape. The designer, a robust, immaculately tailored figure who seems to be everywhere yet remains cool amid the hubbub, warns two tailors not to put so many stitches in a vibrant aqua trench coat. "Every stitch can pull," he sighs. "Silk is a very hard fabric to tailor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mais Oui, OSCAR! | 2/8/1993 | See Source »

Former Olympian Dave Silk delivered an impassioned speech to the audience of reporters, coaches and league officials, with Captain Ted Drury and senior Matt Mallgrave sitting at the table right in front of the spry young Silk...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: It All Comes Down to Monday | 1/29/1993 | See Source »

...Silk told stories, waxed poetic, cracked jokes. The Beanpot, he intoned in a slightly shaky tone, means two words: "tradition and emotion...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: It All Comes Down to Monday | 1/29/1993 | See Source »

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