Word: tuxedos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since the 18th century, cuff links have been the way for a man to wear his art on his sleeve. They bring a touch of elegance to the male uniform of tuxedo or business suit. This richly illustrated book, which features cuff links ranging from the sporty -- fishing flies under crystal -- to the fanciful -- a pair of gold nuts and bolts -- will make every man yearn for French cuffs...
...KNOWS what Michael Jordan was doing when he received word that he would play for the U.S. Olympic basketball team in Barcelona next year? Maybe he was sitting at the end of his huge dining room table, wearing a tuxedo, when a butler entered and handed him an invitation on a silver plate. Or maybe he was watching TV in his underwear when the phone rang...
...Harvard what is one moment a slovenly dining hall may metamorphose into an elegant cabaret theater the next. Fanatics of Stephen Sondheim's tunes are fortunate that one such transformation occurs in the Dunster House Dining Hall--tables gain placemats and food service workers become tuxedo-clad waiters serving nachos and salsa gratis...
Unfortunately, this opera is very long. It is very boring. And despite the glimpses of Bernstein's genius which occasionally shine through, this opera hardly merits a Harvard student's Saturday night (in fact, more than half the audience was composed of tuxedo-clad adults...
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers -- those legendary names are as synonymous with sophistication as a jet-black tuxedo, the snow-white swirl of an evening gown, a Ritz cracker . . . A Ritz cracker? According to Astaire's widow, a subsidiary of Nabisco Brands hoped to create just such a connection when it released a million packages of its familiar Ritz snack crackers decorated with dancers in formal dress. Though the faces seem airbrushed, Mrs. Astaire and the very much living Ginger Rogers see an uncanny resemblance to a photo of the famed Hollywood hoofers from the 1935 hit film...