Word: spares
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sottsass, 66, such contradictions are nothing new. Following his Turin university days, the Austrian-born designer witnessed the transition of Italian architecture from fascist monument to utilitarian modern. He became an acclaimed leader of the spare and sensuous new style in the 1960s, creating innovative and clean-lined office furniture and machinery for Olivetti, a task he still performs. But influenced by the Pop painting of Roy Lichtenstein, rock music and Indian mysticism, he surprised colleagues with Olivetti's plastic Valentine portable typewriter. He later did a table and stools called Mickey Mouse, and designed a disco outside Beirut...
...beautiful woman, striking for her looks, dress, manner, and not least for intelligence: she gave crucial guidance to the fiction department, helping to develop the distinctive features of the magazine's short stories. Though she was married when she first met White, Katharine obtained a divorce both to spare her children troubled scenes and to marry the man she loved. Though neither of them enjoyed good health, their marriage was in other ways happy. After her death White wrote, "I don't know what I ever did to deserve a wife with Katharine's qualities, but I have always...
There, the Michelin squad-despite its extra spare weight (or tires, as the squad appropriately termed it)-overcame a 2-1 halftime deficit to take the title...
...team billing itself as "Michelin" because of the alleged spare tires around its waists, won yesterday's Harvard men's soccer team-sponsored indoor soccer tournament at Briggs Athletic Center...
...House has suggested that Reagan might use his Executive authority to draw from emergency military funds. The Administration contends that the rebels will increase their attacks in an effort to disrupt the elections and that the Salvadoran army is running short on ammunition, M-16 rifles, trucks and helicopter spare parts. Maryland Democrat Clarence Long, chairman of the subcommittee, warned Shultz: "The Administration would make a great mistake if it chose to bypass Congress." Replied the Secretary: "Pass our supplemental [aid request] right away. There...