Word: topness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Everybody knows that a brand-new college t-shirt screams "tourist," but a faded collegiate top softly implies "coolness." How does one achieve the latter? There are three routes to patina-posh: (1) legitimately wear the garment for about 5 years, (2) buy a weathered t-shirt at Abercrombie & Fitch, or (3) make it yourself. For all you threes out there, here's a little recipe...
...Wring dry and lay flat on the top rack of a dishwasher. Use lemon-scent detergent and wash the shirt with "pot-scrubber" (two cycles) and "heated dry" (two cycles). The shirt should be fairly stiff, crunchy and a lighter shade of gray...
...exactly, Ken. I'm not going to forget everything else--I'm just going to add this to the top of my list: Top 100 Reasons Why Kenny Rogers Stinks...
...think the corporate sponsorship and commercialization are positive things? EK: I think it's a great thing. A great thing. Because that enables the international crews. This year you're going to have the top six men's scullers and the top women's single scullers from the world competing. That's awesome! You're going to have the Germans here, you have the German Youth National Team coming here rowing out of Harvard. It's going to be remarkable, so in that regard, sure, bring it on. And if it gets people's names in the press and people...
...women, "but nothing in the A group." Unfortunately, key members of the boat are taking the semester abroad. Hatton coxed for the 1980 Olympic boat and is eager to have her B.U. women beat her old boat in the race. "I want to see us in the top 10 or 15," she says, "but I know that's tough. If we have a good row, we're capable...