Word: uses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Both styles require a breaking-in period, like contact lenses, before the wearer can work lip to full-time use. Even the most dedicated clog-hoppers admit that the shoes are duds going up-or downhill. Esthetically, the clogs rank somewhere between unattractive and downright ugly. But mere ugliness has not stopped fashion trends in the past, and anyway, clogs are unbeatable for the beach or for wearing in and around water. They also solve one of the livelier problems of urban living. Says Mrs. Elliott Erwitt, wife of a Manhattan photographer: "Cockroaches haven't got a chance...
...magic mirror you make to reflect your invisible dreams in visible pictures. You use a glass mirror to see your face: you use works of art to see your soul. But we who are older use neither glass mirrors nor works of art. We have a direct sense of life. When you gain this you will put aside your mirrors and statues, your toys and your dolls...
...spring and demanded the hustling, hurry-up style of baseball that made him famous in his playing days with the New York Yankees. His team has already reeled off more double plays (128) than it did all last season. He urges speedsters like Carew and Outfielder Cesar Tovar to use their legs more often. The result: 16 stolen bases for Carew, 30 for Tovar. One day in May, Carew completely shattered the Detroit defense by stealing second, third and home in the span of seven pitches. Martin insists that stealing home, despite its rarity, is easier than a theft...
...American city since the 1930s. The flexible scheme will allow them to choose any quarter they like for their vacation, or to attend all year without interruption. High-schoolers in a hurry can compress five years of studies into 45 months by taking extra quarters. Slow learners can use summer lessons to make up failed courses, take their time mastering subjects difficult for them, without dropping a year behind their class. Scholars interested in improving their prospects for entering college can broaden and deepen their education by taking extra courses...
...real problem, however, was in the quality of the writing. "Everybody has the feeling they can write a bestseller," says McGrady. "But it simply isn't true. Some of the chapters were much too good, and I had to work like hell to make them bad enough to use...