Word: thinly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Room of One's Own, Woolf contrasts two meals. The first, at a men's college, consists of soles in "the whitest cream," partridges "with all their retinue of sauces and salads," potatoes "thin as coins but not so hard," and a "confection which rose all sugar from the waves" for dessert. The meal produces a conviction in all those gathered that "We are all going to heaven and Vandyck is of the company--in other words, how good life seemed, how sweet its rewards, how trivial this grudge or that grievance, how admirable friendship and the society...
...cornered the market with a rotation that consists of two Cy Young winners (Greg Maddux, and Tom Glavine), this year's probable winner (John Smoltz) and the man who was the number one pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates for most of this year, Denny Neagle. The Yankees, meanwhile, are thin in the starting rotation (manager Joe Torre is considering using a three-man rotation of David Cone, Andy Pettitte, and Jimmy Key) but have perhaps the best bullpen in baseball. All of which you would think would make for a rather mundane, pitcher's duel series that should favor Atlanta...
...sick of people insinuating that Americans are overweight because they're lazy. Europeans don't stay thin by exercising three times a week or by eating nonfat foods. They stay thin by living active lives. The U.S. is designed around cars, not pedestrians or bicycles, and until that changes, Americans will continue to be fat. APRIL BALOG Hamburg, Germany
...testers were concerned about the fragility of the Pilot, which comes sheathed only in a thin gray plastic case. The screen seems especially delicate; we cracked one by accidentally sitting on it (hardly a fair test). Fortunately, US Robotics offers quick repair service, and Pilot comes with a substantial warranty. US Robotics promises that the next version will be more durable--and possibly smaller still...
...longer provocative enough, it seems, for underwear models simply to stand around seminaked, looking thin and winsome. A spate of recent ads and fashion spreads suggests that what marketers believe really moves merchandise is the intimation that the underpants are on their way off. And for these models, unlike the little girl in the pioneering Coppertone ads, tan lines...