Word: thins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...power elite is the artists themselves, who increasingly appear to be fashioning their works for their own aesthetic. Now an artist who exhibits individuality and originality is to be praised, and one who sets no limits to his scope of experimentation is to be treasured, but there is a thin line separating these qualities from arrogance toward and contempt for the audience, and that line is being crossed far too often these days...
Early on, crowds of shoppers were thin, so many stores launched sales or devised promotional gimmicks. The May Co. in Cleveland offered its credit customers $1,000 gift certificates for $900. At a tony branch of Garfinckel's in Washington, D.C., shoppers were culled off the street by a dinner-jacketed pianist stationed at the main entrance who played Cole Porter songs on a baby grand. Late in the month, however, sales picked up smartly almost everywhere. Several stores-Rich's in Atlanta, Hudson's in Detroit, Bloomingdale's in Manhattan-toted up record...