Word: wet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kansas, the first state to go dry (in 1881), the state that made Carry Nation's saloon-shattering hatchet famous, last week became the 48th to go wet. Utah and West Virginia still limit the sale of alcohol to private clubs. But in 36 out of 105 Kansas counties, it is now party time. Exulted Stewart Williams, manager of a Wichita bar: "Kansas has finally come into the 20th century...
...smell of wet paint wafts through the house on a tree-lined street on Chicago's North Side. Marena McPherson, 37, chose a peach tint for the nursery: a gender-neutral color. But the paint had a will of its own and dried a blushing shade of pink. Ah well, no time to worry about that. With the baby due in less than a month, there are too many other concerns. Like choosing a name, furnishing the baby's room, reading up on infant care and attending childbirth classes. Above all, McPherson must tackle the overriding problem that now confronts...
...rejoicing begins, the oars are removed from the river, arranged on the dock and hosed off to cleanse them of the enemy water. The shell is lifted from the water and lovingly laid on its sawhorses. Then, and only then, does a single oarsman lift high the dripping wet blue jersey he has stripped from the back of his competitor, calling for his parents' recognition...
What's fashionable and formfitting on the beach this year? Answer: the rubber look. Robin Piccone, a California designer, has set off a sizzling fashion wave with bathing suits made of neoprene, the synthetic rubber from which scuba-diving wet suits are made. The material is both cool -- air circulates freely through the fabric's myriad pores -- and cosmetic, since it streamlines imperfections on otherwise delectable forms...
...that sloshing around pays off. Fields' 14-employee firm, Howard Fields & Associates, last year exceeded $1 million in revenues. Says he: "Call me a water swami." But never call him all wet...