Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Borrowing the concept of the classic American drugstore the French transmogrified it into a near-erotic experience. Over the past dozen years, several versions of Le Drugstore have appeared in Paris: multimedia bazaars featuring bizarre decor, intimate bars, lavish food and smart boutiques. The phenomenon bore only a dreamlike resemblance to the drug supermarkets of, say, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Now, by way of cultural reexport, not to say retaliation, the metamorphosed drugstore has returned...
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...through the summer the questions loomed over the fashion horizon: Whither the midi? Would autumn, and the return to real clothes, find women taking the downward drift in stride, their minis in mothballs, their legs in hiding? Designers scoffed at alternatives, and so-called smart stores had little else in stock. But October is here and almost gone, and only the leaves are falling; skirts are just about as short as ever. All told, the mid-calf hemline seems clearly a long-lost proposition...
...upset is not impossible, however. If Harvard captain Gary Farneti succeeds in stirring up the defense and Harvard quarterback Rod Foster puts the ball in the air and calls a smart game, the Crimson will have a shot at beating Dartmouth...
DARTMOUTH-HARVARD: You win some, you lose some, and the rest you're smart enough not to show up for. when the Indians get drunk in Cambridge tonight, they want it to be a happy drunk, not a sad drunk. So they have to win. And it would be Blackman's 100th victory. Dartmouth will go out and win it, for Bobby and Green Mountain. The Cap'n says...