Word: swing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mythic chic with several new lines targeted directly at Generations X and Y, that $250 billion demographic of teens and twentysomethings who are increasingly driving the fashion marketplace. There Polo/RL has to fight with Hilfiger, Abercrombie & Fitch and a host of upstart brands. It's a battle in full swing. "Polo's kind of peaked," says Robert Tucker, 21, a bike messenger in New York City; "the thing right now is Pelle Pelle," an urban street-wear label. "Polo's not yesterday's brand at all," counters Nicole DeMers, 15, of Incline Village, Nev. "Certain groups wear it--the more...
...high as 5.69% last Thursday, from 5.08% at the end of January, because some bond traders think--yet again--they just might see a possible uptick in inflation at some point in the undefinable future. Might happen. Might not. I view this skittishness as merely the latest pendulum swing in Wall Street's obsession with inflation. It will swing the other way soon enough. In fact, the T-bond yield fell to 5.59% Friday. Still, we have to live with bond traders' anxieties, and for now that means higher mortgage and other rates...
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...Tired of swing, ballroom, and your general club-style gettin' it down? Get ready to wow your partner at the next formal with a new way of cutting the rug: Israeli folk dancing. Learn the basics of circle and couple dancing with instructor Ken Avner, who welcomes people with all levels of ability. Beginners receive instruction during the first hour. Congregation Kehillath Israel, 384 Harvard St., Brookline...
...Since the late 1960s, Harvard has been much more diverse. It started from a swing to public school acceptances post-World War Two. The country exploded demographically and so admissions changed...