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...anyone in particular--it's just the look that they're after. Oh, you know it all too well. It's the khaki pants, the shoes from L.L. Bean (a demigod to this crowd), gray wool socks (if any), a wrinkled oxford shirt under a white-dotted blue sweater (the most popular garment on campus), topped off with a dungaree jacket (collar turned up). Combined with name-brand shades (Vuarnets or Ray Bans or imitations thereof) replete with neckstrap, this typical B.C. student is prepared for any potential preppie crisis...
...course, there are variations on the theme. The ever-popular sleeveless sweater with a white t-shirt, or the turtleneck/collared shirt/sweater routine can replace the oxford shirt/sweater combo. Both sexes wear these variations: not only are we homogeneous, we're androgynous...
Norris takey-on dozens--and dozens-of opening scene. Norris wears red white and blue with a bandana around his neck. His wardrobe includes:- a University of Illinois jersey, a high school varsity letter jacket, and a Shetland sweater with matching holster. One cannot help but be taken with his nearly trimmed, all American appearance just looking at him inspires a sense of patriotism...
...more modest levels, the bargains are still impressive. Harrods' best sellers last week included Pringle cashmere sweaters at $100 (typical New York price: $175), Wedgwood's Runnymede dinner service at $556 for a 25-piece set ($800), a dozen Waterford crystal glasses at $258 ($402). At the nearby Laura Ashley shop, just off Sloane Square, about half the customers are Americans. They spend an average of $245 each on such items as a pastel flowered frock ($43) or a cotton sweater ($37)--about a third to a half the prices in Ashley's U.S. branches. Tourists crowding into the china...
Ebert (trying to tuck himself back into back into his immense sweater): "The only thing that's devastating is Jason's efficiency. I mean, if the New York Islanders had a goalie that played with that kind of intensity, they'd win 10 Stanley Cups. And Steinman uses his star player to drive home the message that in a world as ludicrously violent as ours, the only same thing to do is sit back and laugh in a fit of voyeuristic ecstasy. If you'd loosen your bow tie, you'd realize that...