Word: yorks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...York Times pick; Might as well call expresses delight, decade the Huhs surprise...
...happens, I actually have an opinion on Al Gore's new wardrobe. I disapprove. It's not just that he now looks like those guys who hang around the bar in the sort of New York City restaurant I try to avoid. It's that somebody who thinks he can run the country oughtn't to let other people tell him how to dress. I'm pretty close to believing that a candidate who wants my vote has to campaign in his own clothes...
20TH CENTURY RELICS What use are postcards in an age of e-mail and cheap long-distance calls? Almost none. Which may be why they're enjoying a moment of higher hipness. Barneys' New York City flagship store opens two new floors this month, with dressing rooms covered in cards from highway rest stops. And Phaidon has just released Boring Postcards, a coffee-table book of British cards featuring roads, old malls and unremarkable views. Groovy, baby...
...politics is local, and some of it is downright familial. Although the turnout for last week's local elections was tiny in places--11% of eligible voters in New York City cast a ballot--each electorate made itself heard in its own special...
...kids enter high school, parents worry that mediocre grades may shut them out of top colleges, which may prevent them from getting fulfilling jobs that pay well. Those are legitimate fears, says Frances Schoonmaker, an associate professor at Teachers College in New York City, "but so far in this country, we still have doors people can take advantage of even if they don't have high grades." Families struggling with less than stellar report cards may take comfort in the knowledge that straight A's are often looked on as potentially problematic. A flawless record can be a sign that...