Word: spaghetti
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Indeed, McCartney's spring '98 collection, her Chloe debut, features garments that could hardly be described as age-insensitive. There are exquisitely cut wide-leg pantsuits (one of her trademarks) and delicately patterned knee-length day dresses alongside lavender, lace-trimmed slip dresses, spaghetti-strap tops and diaphanous minis. McCartney's clothes bespeak a mature knowledge of flirtation. "We've done the feminist thing and beaten men down, and now we want to lure them back," McCartney, a tall, cheerful redhead, explains. "I think there's a danger in being too girly though...
...Friday, over a meal of spaghetti in her parents' hotel room, the 15-year-old just wanted her mother's comfort. "It's O.K. to be scared. It's good to be scared," said Pat Lipinski. "But you can do it." After that, Tara was back in character and on the way to an upset and the fulfillment of a legend--not just the gold medal but the record as the youngest Olympic figure-skating champion ever. To do that she had to overcome a rival whose eloquence on ice had moved judges to tears. Michelle Kwan, just 17 herself...
...Diesel: "Little Rock, 1873" The fabric of jeans ads is usually interwoven with wit. But Italy's Diesel sews up the category by stitching outrageous, self-referential irony into the imagery of a spaghetti western. A filthy, overweight gunslinger swipes candy from a little girl, spits on a saloon floor and kicks a dog before shooting dead the Diesel-clad hero. Yes, nice guys do finish last...
...wasted life" may seem undisciplined and chronologically impaired. In fact his memoir is cunningly designed for maximum suspense and beaucoup laughs. Going on 67, Barney has total recall of old grudges, past loves and 40-year-old hockey scores. But ask him what he uses to strain spaghetti and he goes blank...
...school, as we get more and more on each other's nerves, try to smile at that annoying kid in your class. And if you see me on the lunch line, tap me on the shoulder and say hello. I'll be the one in front of the spaghetti...