Word: standardism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...upon hotels as brand extensions, while Island Records founder Chris Blackwell's laid-back Island Outpost retreats in the Caribbean have become destinations in their own right. With help from pals Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz, Andre Balazs, the owner of Los Angeles' fabled Chateau Marmont, recently added the Standard, a retro-kitsch palace for young, hard-partying hipsters, complete with inflatable sofas and an AstroTurf pool deck. Balazs hopes to create a chain of anti-Best Westerns...
...multi-instrumentalist Andy Barlow--better known as Lamb--craft excellent trip-hoppy pop in an unmistakeably British style, like a less morose Portishead. That comparison, however, belies the nature of the duo's music. The soundscapes that Barlow creates behind Rhodes's voice refuse to gel into the standard trip-hop forms; bebop, drum 'n' bass and harsh techno beats all find their way into an eminently digestible mix. The band has undeniable indie cred: they've sampled Charlie Parker, scored a British hit with a song based on the work of classical composer Henryk Grecki and had their songs...
...think one function of courses that are essentially non-quantitative is to give people practice in 'using' books," May says. "That is, going through them with questions in mind rather than reading page after page at a standard pace...
...gold standard might well be political philosopher Nannerl O. Keohane. The editor of Feminist Theory: A Critique of Ideology (1982), she's published widely about feminism and has administrative experience to boot--she's the president of Duke University...
...while the first issue was a blockbuster, the second is pretty much a standard sequel. The October cover story is about Liz Taylor. Not quite as thrilling as the September Hillary story. And George Pataki doesn't grab the reader's attention as much as George W. (What is this, the Governor of the Month feature?) And so the content will never be the same as the initial issue. Whatever buzz is left will die down very soon...