Word: spared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While fashion for most of the decade has been dominated by the spare chic of designers like Prada and Jil Sander, this season it finds itself in the midst of a full-scale romance revival, and women seem to be smitten. Minimalist Marc Jacobs is dabbling in pink and pleats. Tocca, a label specializing in girlish party dresses that began with a collection of 11 pieces in 1994, has evolved into a multimillion-dollar business. Jewelry is having a renaissance. "We're just all so tired of looking plain," notes Andrea Linett, a fashion writer at Harper's Bazaar...
...serious role (somehow he manages to look sillier in movies like Dead Poets Society than in movies like Jack,) this is the movie of the year. The screenplay respects the audience's sensibilities, the characters are multifaceted and intriguing, and of course, it has some great shots of the Spare Change man on Mass. Ave.--blatant Harvard propaganda at its best. Not only does it have the only "poor boy from the wrong side of the tracks meets high-spirited rich girl" story that matters this year, but it recognizes that intelligence comes in all forms...
Exaggeratedly shrugging her shoulders and shaking her head, Alice grins and begins asking passersby for spare change...
...thinking of working for Spare Change," she explains, referring to the newspaper sold by homeless vendors, "but they only get 65 cents for each dollar they earn, and they're forced to work regular hours in an assigned spot...
...take a look at these spare-time activities. Notice how closely they resemble school. You are hearing lectures, reading books, keeping up with current events, even keeping yourself physically educated. Sure, you may be having fun. But you are also "enriching yourself," thus justifying such a significant expenditure of free time. Delightful as these activities may be, they are still useful, productive, or at the very least, "rewarding." They are not the same as, say, playing card games. Or going window-shopping. Or re-reading old mail. Or going for a walk--not jogging, not power-walking, but just...