Word: suits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...impression that has been given of Queensberry is that he was a simple brute," Ellmann writes, and adds, sounding a little like his subject: "In fact he was a complex one." The marquess, mad at Wilde and the world, threw out insults that practically begged for a libel suit. Wilde unwisely started one, lost and as a result was tried for sodomy and indecent behavior; convicted of the lesser charge, he served two years at hard labor...
Union leaders finally persuaded the protesters to serve out their suspensions and quietly return to work -- without their controversial caps -- pending an arbitration hearing. "So we looked silly, so what?" said one worker. Slamming management, he added, "This just proves you can wear a three-piece suit and still act like a clown...
...make-over cannot be finished in time for Christmas. In the South Korean factory where the unsold Ollies languish, workers will refit the doll with a new Gorbachev head, complete with the famous wine-stain birthmark on the scalp. The Marine uniform will be replaced by a stylish Italian suit. The clothes will be be padded to mimic the Soviet leader's bulky physique. From the neck down, the plastic Gorbachev is actually a knockoff of Ken, the Barbie doll's popular boyfriend...
...said, "Donna Rice is going to be relevant." Charles Whitehead, the Florida chairman, snapped, "If he is a candidate, I am going to Europe during the convention." Democratic Pollster Harrison Hickman said, "We've got a national Gong Show anyway, and here's one more guy in a funny suit coming on the stage...
...after paying $100 million as a result of the charges against him. Though his attorneys claim that he is close to bankruptcy, a lawyer who knows him well says, "I would swap assets with Boesky any time." George Reycraft, who represents Boesky's former partners in a civil damage suit, claims that the speculator took $400 million out of his firm. "We just do not have a fix on his assets," says Lawyer Robert Gargill, who helped supervise the winding down of Boesky's brokerage business...