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Word: snugly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year, has 176 students in grades 9 through 12. Almost all are Navajos -- the Dine, as they call themselves, which means the "People." This year there are also three Anglos, as whites around here are invariably called. Nestled against a high shelf of rock, the school consists of a snug quadrangle of dilapidated buildings on the grounds of a turn-of-the-century Methodist mission. It has a pleasant atmosphere and, if you blur your eyes a bit, looks like a down-at-the-heels New England prep school transferred to a bleak section of the Southwest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farmington, New Mexico Caught Between Earth and Sky | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

...styling ("the Savile Row look") are good for laughs. Stewart, who made some of the smart costumes for Brian De Palma's upcoming film version of The Bonfire of the Vanities, says the demand for his suits with "a very smart, small waist, nice and snug off the hips with a full chest," is "increasing, but we just haven't got the men to meet it. There are no tailors around. I've got an eight- to nine-month backlog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bonfire of The Business Suits | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

...Wearing snug aerobic leotards and boots, the high-stepping Illinettes do their best to psych up fans at football and basketball games. Though the task force suggested that boozy frat and tailgate parties should go too, it's the threatened pompon ban that has the campus stirred up. "We've been made a scapegoat," charges Illinette squad captain Pam Withers, 20, who says the Illinettes are campus role models. "We consider this a serious sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Illinois: Pompons? No! No! | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

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