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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...free agency, the Yankees could be broken up and sold for parts. Maybe that's why, in the locker room after the team clinched the Series, widely reviled owner George Steinbrenner provided one of the most frightening moments on network television: standing in his white turtleneck and double-breasted blue suit, his voice cracking, he tried to force a tear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Greatest Ever? | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

Mansen himself, in Cambridge for the opening of the only American appearance of this show, looks less like a woodcut craftsman than the contemporary German artist that he is, dressed in the black suit and black turtleneck of the Continental avant-garde. Asked why he chose, in these works, to focus on domestic topics, Mansen responds: "When I was a student, everyone was painting crazy things, like giraffes in gas stations. That was fine to a point, but I wanted to do something different. There is something very simple, and familiar, to the domestic." Mansen explains that, even when working...

Author: By John T. Maier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Domesticity, Modernity | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

...always colored within the lines. With the possible exception of a neon yellow turtleneck I once wore on Halloween, my clothing would never catch your eye. My hairstyle and my taste in music are about as bland as your average oatmeal. And yet, by Harvard standards, I have become a rebel...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: And That Has Made All the Difference | 5/8/1998 | See Source »

...unmistakable in his black turtleneck and soft tweed jacket, the former university professor had been until recently but one among many voices in the cacophonous crowd of Zajedno (Together), a coalition whose members were united only by their opposition to Milosevic. Zajedno's potpourri included everything from strident Serb nationalists whose hard-line politics are as autocratic as Milosevic's, to liberals infatuated with Western democracy. Plagued by disunity, backstabbing and factional feuds, Zajedno's concatenation of conflicting groups could barely agree on who was in charge, much less what policies to pursue. Now the huge rallies have given them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAKING TO THE STREETS | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

...years. For his inaugural collection he has bright plaids, smart tops and sweaters, plus a few special numbers like a pretty, light quilted coat. At Bloomingdale's the young shoppers loved it. Erika Cohill, a student at Nassau Community College, got straight to the point: she likes her white turtleneck "because it's got the Hilfiger flag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: H STANDS FOR HILFIGER | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

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