Word: thrift
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...expected,” says Fish. “Working on a limited budget is a little difficult for the designers, but for what it’s worth, they came up with some pretty great clothing.”The clothes in the show are a mixture of thrift store finds, students’ own clothing, pieces lent from local shops such as Mudo—a co-sponsor of the show—and original student designs. Hyphen, a San Francisco-based magazine on modern Asian-American life and culture, is also co-sponsoring the show and providing...
...down a proposal to provide free copies of The New York Times in undergraduate dining halls for the balance of the academic year. Both the President’s Office and the Freshman Dean’s Office passed on paying for the papers this year, despite the relatively thrift-friendly price tag ($1,728). The UC was eager to follow suit, even though a trial run of the program earlier this year got rave reviews...
...hasn't been easy. "The dog ate one of my cycling gloves," says Kesel, who gets around the city on a bike. "If I'm patient, a used pair will turn up in someone's garage." Compacters surf through websites such as Freecycle and PaperBackSwap. They troll thrift shops and swap meets. One of the founders, a Silicon Valley marketer, found a sewing machine and a 10-ft. artificial Christmas tree on Craigslist - both free. Another couple got free mis-mixed paint from hardware stores and made do with a second-hand shower curtain. New underwear is allowed...
...lens through which history, literature, and art are studied, or the other way around, we are confident that students will gain a sufficient knowledge of cultures. But we believe that the current proposal, in which culture serves as a lens for literature and art, may give short thrift to the creative works themselves. The current Core suffers, in part, from a saturation of irrelevant courses. And while we agree that relevance needs to be restored to general education, abandoning the autonomous study of literature and art would be counterproductive to that goal. The masterpieces of Shakespeare, Bach, and Picasso...
...Wilbert Das, and they began to experiment with dyes and destruction?all sorts of techniques to age the jeans and give them a more vintage feel. They moved pockets, reshaped the jeans, introduced curves?and then charged a whopping $79. Their look was Rosso's look, a blend of thrift store, Americana and '50s B movie. At first, retailers balked, so Rosso promised to take back anything they couldn't sell, an offer he claims he never had to make good...