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...time for the less wealthy presidential hopefuls to stop disappointing the voters and to make the most of who they are, glamorous or not. Jerry Brown's unstylish style may set a good example in this respect, whether or not he has the other elements of a good president. At least he believes that the Oval Office doesn't have to be the playground of the upper classes...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Substance Over Style | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

...this color riot was too good to be true, I asked the woman behind the counter whether the tints were natural or not. She admitted that they were synthetic, but added that it was in response to consumer demands: people tend to be put off by the unevenly colored, unstylish look of the products in their natural state...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Just Don't Eat the Soap! | 1/17/1992 | See Source »

...hardened, sinewy blond who is almost succeeding in fighting off the encroachments of middle age tells her unstylish, homebody sister how sorry she is that the homebody threw away her life caring for their bedridden father and addled aunt. The care giver insists she has no regrets: "I can't imagine a better way to have spent my life." Later she explains, "I have had such love." She does not mean her elderly wards' love for her -- they are often cross or ungrateful -- but rather hers for them. She is not confessing to neurotic possessiveness or bidding for sainthood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Whole Point of Life | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

...bear ate our food, and it rained 11 out of 12 days." But Cowden recalls the trip joyously. Coping with blisters, bears and soggy meals somehow adds texture to the chill of windy mountaintops and the sight of wildlife roaming in ghostly aspen groves. Most of all, scouting's unstylish traditions of group discipline and self-reliance provide a powerful social cement. "Scouting comes down generations, from my father to my brother to me," says 501's Morgan Browning, 14. "It sticks with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cimarron, New Mexico Bears, Bucks And Boy Scouts | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...addition, Lowell Professor of the Humanities William Alfred earned the the M Magazine honor of "Beyond Tweedy: The Suity Professor." He said the award the "most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. I'm the most unstylish man at Harvard. I think it's hilarious that they picked...

Author: By Compiled CHRISTOPHER J. georges and Thomas J. Winslow., S | Title: While You Were Away | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

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