Word: skirtings
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...more damning than telling Citicorp you’re only interested in I-banking for the money, more tragic than confusing a call option for a call girl or more unfortunate than printing your resume in Beesknees ITC 12 point font is the grave mistake of not wearing a skirt to an interview. If you don’t want to get hired, the wise ones say, then, by all means, wear pants...
...Career Services (OCS) website counsels women “to wear a fairly conservative suit in a fairly conservative color.” However, in person OCS advisors (read: translators) explain that if a woman wants to play it safe, fairly conservative must be defined as a jacket and skirt. The interview-prep site WetFeet.com is more explicit, advising that “a skirt suit is de rigeur, and anything other than non-textured nude hose and heels is pushing the envelope of what’s acceptable.” No need to stop by Hootenanny for pleather...
...thought long and hard about the rationale behind the institutionalized pro-skirt bias...
...women and children, 300 in all, were sheltering from the rain and waves in the tiny cabin, jammed so tightly there wasn't even space for Rokaya Satar to hold her two girls in her arms. The sisters had to stand, clinging to her skirt. And when the engine suddenly stopped and the wooden fishing boat was rocked back and forth like a toy by the 4-m waves, Rokaya could only grab her daughters' hands and try to avoid being knocked over by the screaming stampede of mothers and children. Then came another, bigger jolt as the boat capsized...
...Willmore chases every skirt in sight, he becomes entangled with two women. The first is Hellena, Florinda’s sister, played wonderfully by Kirandeep K. Deol ’05. The scenes involving Hellena and Willmore are among the most dynamic and entertaining in the play. Hellena’s vivacious personality doesn’t quite fit the future path she has selected (nun), but Willmore comes along in time to make her reconsider...