Word: spoiledness
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ACTING LIKE A SPOILED RICH KID, WALL Street couldn't stand the news that another part of the economy--the one in which people work for a living--is having a better time of it. How else explain the 171-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average that, for...
"I thought this was some kind of sorority," says Mike, completely baffled by the set-up he has stumbled upon. To be fair, the recovery center is a type of sorority, though the coterie includes one man. The females each represent some stereotype about women. The earthy Ruby (B.U. student...
Another impediment for both teams is Dartmouth's poor track. "We're spoiled," Penningroth said. "Our track is one of the best in the country, so we'll have to adjust."
At 50 outfits, the collection seemed meager (Lagerfeld produced 84). Perhaps Galliano is simply a rigorous editor, but the kind of exhilarating riffs that Saint Laurent and Lagerfeld can spin out--six or eight variations on a theme--were missing. Least satisfactory was a foray into blatant color for evening...
But discontent and insecurity have causes beyond spoiled-brattism. Many people seem to have a dim but accurate sense that some of the trends that enabled them to pursue the good life despite declining real wages are stagnating or even reversing.