Word: tom
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...leather--many members of the old guard have run for cover. But some, like it-girl Miuccia Prada, were easy converts, spending years preparing for their 15 minutes in the millennial spotlight. Over the last few years, sterile, boxy minimalism has disappeared from the runways, overrun by Tom Ford and his new Gucci Empire. Others, however, like Donna Karan, Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren have been left to feign acceptance, seeking solace in the profitably stream-lined second lines: DKNY, Emperio Armani/Armani Exchange (they're really the same), and Polo (on top of all those perfume sales...
...Tom Chittick, reverend of the University Lutheran Church, hopes that student volunteers at the shelter will become so passionate about their service there that they will look into studying policy issues, and after leaving college will address and help to remedy the issue of homelessness in this country...
...patron of a local bar last Saturday night, Tom Lancaster, a first year graduate student at MIT, said new liquor laws might draw him into the city...
Unlike many other hard-rock bands, Rage, as guitarist Tom Morello puts it, has "social and political" concerns. Indeed, in an interview, De la Rocha sounds off on a wide range of topics. He ridicules New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani: "There's nothing more dangerous than a fascist with aspiration for higher office." He's also critical of Sean ("Puffy") Combs: "If Reagan were a rapper, he'd be in Puff Daddy's crew. It's the same set of politics. Get yours. F___ everyone else. Just get paid. Don't think about community...
...think of anyone I'd rather share a foxhole with than Tom Joyner and Tavis Smiley. The host of the widely syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show and his commentator sidekick are very tough guys. Yet the victory they scored last week by persuading CompUSA Inc., the largest U.S. computer retailer, to dramatically expand its advertising in black-owned media really belongs to the show's 7 million, mostly African-American, listeners. They showed how powerful consumers can be in the fight for racial respect...