Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that superficial? Do we really care so much about how we look? We certainly do. I need not launch another campaign against Calvin Klein to make the point that thinness is in. Whether we like it or not, in this country, a weight craze is increasingly widespread. While each gender is undoubtedly affected differently, this article does not seek to examine the sexism pervading the issue of weight and physique. Societal chauvinism is inevitable and such a discussion would require at the very least its own editorial. But in the U.S., maintaining a low weight is not merely a social...
Sure, even the weight-obsessed allow themselves some lax periods where they opt for indulgence over deprivation: holidays, birthdays, vacations. Those of us familiar with this way of life jump at the opportunity to use these occasions as excuses to go crazy--to hell with frozen yogurt, I'm getting ice cream. It is at that point when you realize your efforts to convince yourself that fro yo is really good were unsuccessful. I mean, it's all relative...
...addition, this lifestyle of food scrutiny has brought with it some social ramifications. Even those who pride themselves on being indifferent to societal weight pressures are affected by the trend when they mingle with their fat-conscious friends. There is a wedge driven between the fat police and the criminals, the watchers and the fat-blind, the obsessed and the relaxed...
Rymer said that he felt his voice has been given significant weight by administrators at all meetings. He described one meeting in particular, a brunch in Kirkland House...
Blockbusters these days are elaborately crafted efforts in giving the public what Hollywood thinks it wants--more of the same. "Eraser," in this sense, succeeds admirably, featuring the sure-fire combination of a pleasantly sinister premise, guns galore and the endearing former weight-lifter whose punchy one-liners have touched the hearts of millions. Unfortunately, although sure of the ingredients, the makers of "Eraser" dish up something relatively subpar...