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Word: skirted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guys' schools seem a lot closer," observes W. & L. Junior Sparky Anderson. Others enjoy maintaining a certain formality, sartorial and otherwise, with the opposite sex. Says Art and Politics Major Steve Andrews: "I like the idea that when a girl walks on campus, she's wearing a skirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Those All Male Alma Maters | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

...Where Anna is predictably modern, Sarah has a hint of madness. The transformation between the two is captured in one of the film's best moments. Mike and Anna are wearing everyday clothes in their hotel room, rehearsing a scene in which Smithson comes upon Sarah with her skirt caught in a bush. They talk it through once--and then Streep does it, standing up and walking toward Irons. The costume doesn't matter: her eyes tell you that you are now watching Sarah. And just as you see the transformation in Streep from Anna to Sarah, director Reisz cuts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Time Lapse | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

...cents. Second, the maximum rate on long-term capital gains taxes has dropped. That means that when the value of a person's stock increases, for example, he will be able to keep more of the gain. And all that means that people will probably be less inclined to skirt taxes by forking their money over to Harvard...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: A Painful Tax Break | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...Saks in Beverly Hills, Dolce muses: "The whole thing reminds me of Palm Springs à la 1950." But the current gilt trip, according to Mirabella, began in the spring of 1980 with French Designer Yves Saint Laurent's ready-to-wear collection. His show included a gold leather skirt and a gold-threaded scarf. The look quickly followed the path of least resistance to Saint Tropez, where gold-brocaded jogging shorts, silver bikinis and gold jackets over denim skirts became as common last summer, says one Saint Tropez shopkeeper, "as button-down shirts on Wall Street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: All That Glitters Is Sold | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

Little wonder, then that when a Crimson reporter requested an interview four years later, it took three weeks before she could be persuaded to give in. In the earlier mini-skirt conference the press had also been interested in Mrs. Bok's feelings about house plants and hobbies, and so in 1975 she agreed to meet with a reporter only on the condition that there would be no discussion of "the family" or other personal matters. Questions would be directed to her work, and to make sure nothing slipped out. Deane Lord, director of the Harvard News Office, would...

Author: By Sarah Paul, | Title: Sissela Bok: In No One's Shadow | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

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