Word: slimmer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they aren't dependent on a particular fad--that their labels can jump with the trends they pick up from the streets. Positano's Charles Lapson, one of the hippest designers in Los Angeles, is already looking to stay ahead of the curve, moving toward inside logos and some slimmer fits. But analyst Laurence Leeds, managing director of the Buckingham Research Group, thinks none of these companies will ever be as big as Hilfiger. "Fringe fashion is never volume," says Leeds. "What these companies do well is move fashion forward, but I have doubts whether the businesses can grow much...
...talking about was more cosmetic: a newly svelte and shorn Speaker. Gingrich is following a regimen of careful eating and increased exercise that has resulted in a loss of nearly 20 lbs. And the Georgia mop-top is getting his hair cut every two to three weeks. Result: a slimmer, more sophisticated Speaker. But Newt's G.O.P. critics say he also has a slimmed-down agenda to go with his new figure: improving education, fighting drugs, reducing teen pregnancy--all poll-tested issues in synch with middle-of-the-road Americans...
MOSCOW: A newly vigorous President Boris Yeltsin dismissed his entire cabinet except for Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and First Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais. Chernomyrdin now has one week to form a new, slimmer government, one full of the "competent and energ etic" people Yeltsin promised last week to bring into a restructured government. The house cleaning should streamline bureaucracy. Eleven of the twelve deputy prime ministers, a posh title regularly doled out to political cronies, will be eliminated , leaving former presidential Chief of Staff Chubais, who currently oversees Russia's economic reform drive. The 50 people who head...
...beef? We could just as easily eat soy protein. What would we risk? Slimmer bodies, clearer arteries, healthier farmland and maybe even a clear conscience. There could be a spiritual benefit to re-examining our greed for meat. Maybe we're the mad ones. LAURA J. WALLACE Baltimore, Maryland...
...sense that families may not be able to meet longterm financial commitments, such as home mortgages and college tuition. Nearly 30 percent of U.S. workers lost their jobs from 1990 to 1995 due to job cuts or company shutdowns, and the new jobs that most find pay less, include slimmer benefits, and offer little promise of security...