Word: slash
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...61st Street long enough for me to get a good look into the Barney's window. There in casual spartan urbanity were leather and suede accessories, a stark juxtaposition to the flashy holiday display that had twinkled there for weeks. But it wasn't the brown suede poncho-slash-bolero perched on a pedestal like the thing of beauty it was that made this capable shopper flush. No, it was the huge diagonal block of letters that read CLEARANCE SALE...
...most. President Reagan's contentious interior secretary, James Watt, calls her "a great gal who has come into her own," according to the Washington Post, and describes himself as her "sponsor." That's music to anti-Norton forces' ears; Watt was widely reviled for what opponents felt was a slash-and-burn approach to environmentally sensitive land...
...Greenspan that gets blamed if those six tightenings ending last spring put the boom into convulsions, but the Fed chairman figures that a slowdown would be much easier to bear - and modulate - than, say, stagflation, and that he can always slash short-term rates in January and beyond if things look dire...
...other campus-music news, funksters FinkFankFunk take over the Adams House Lower Common Room today at 10pm. Otherwise, there's not much in the way of music news. Mike Rutherford says Genesis are now probably-slash-certainly "over." Ooh, big deal. Speaking of Genesis, or at least ex-Genesis members, can someone explain why rappers love Phil Collins? See Tupac's "Staring Thru My Rearview" and Eminem's "Stan...
...Amazon rain forest [ENVIRONMENT, Oct. 16], and though I would not deny that human penetration of the rain forest is a major cause of fires, people need to realize that the Amazon is a rich undeveloped area. There are millions of people living in rural Brazil, where slash-and-burn agriculture could be prevented if farmers had economic alternatives. Brazil may wisely use the Amazon rain forest to increase the living standards of millions. So long as we respect the environment, I don't see any reason we shouldn't pursue this course. Today we have access to new technology...