Word: suits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tonight's audience at Showroom Seven, a grand wholesale-retail space in midtown Manhattan, is peppered with actors, musicians, some designers for DKNY and others at home among racks of classy outfits destined for sale at Barney's or Bergdorf Goodman. Even the speaker looks swank, in perfectly coordinated suit and tie and black velvet yarmulke. But Rabbi Abraham Hardoon is not here to talk pret-a-porter; he is discoursing on the ancient esoteric Jewish tradition of Kabbalah...
When Microsoft potentate Bill Gates strolls his vast mansion in Washington (the state), the music changes to suit his taste, the art morphs into his favorite styles, and the entire environment--like the computer-software market--realigns itself to meet his needs...
Unfortunately, Washington (the snake pit) isn't following suit. Last week a phalanx of Microsoft executives flew into the nation's capital to face various strains of nasty music: delivering the company's response to the Justice Department's recent contempt action, withstanding two days of populist attack from Ralph Nader and girding for assaults by both the House and Senate judiciary committees. Where D.C. is concerned, as Microsoft is learning, receiving record amounts of Wall Street's love means learning ever more diplomatic ways to say you're sorry...
Retro-bikes cannot be an accessory to just anyone. The retro-bike is merely the final complement--the ascot to the suit, the umlaut to ubermensch, the affectation to the accent. Male retro-bikers should therefore include a combination of the following in their assembled visage: either jet black or platinum blonde hair (depending on your sexuality), plastic rimmed rectangular glasses, a blue button-down shirt made of light material, a blazer of either corduroy or velvet (not contingent upon your sexuality), deep brown, well-fitting pants, and an essential leather satchel (for your manuscript, of course). In winter...
With the smell of revenge still lingering across the Charles River after the women's soccer team's victory, the women's basketball team now hopes to follow suit and get a little payback...