Word: younger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pomp and circumstances of the Windsors. But British subjects pay a considerable freight, estimated at as much as $140 million from the national budget per year, for the upkeep of an ever extending royal family. Many have begun to wonder whether the investment is worth it. What is this younger generation coming to? And aren't there rather a lot of them? And what are they good for, besides embarrassing themselves, titillating us commoners and boosting the circulation of tabloids? A Sunday Express poll conducted just after the Fergie topless pictures hit the newsstands found that 61% of respondents thought...
...theme in my life. I've been married twice, both times to women practically my age. My two other relationships -- Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow -- they're not really much younger women...
Cosmetics companies usually promote their products as miracle cures that will make users look younger or more alluring. But Estee Lauder's Prescriptives had something else in mind when it introduced All Skins, a line of 115 foundation shades spanning the color spectrum from antelope to mahogany. Its foundation, the company promised in a blatant appeal to African Americans and other women of color, "matches your skin tone exactly." The message hit home: All Skins now adds 4,000 new black customers a month, and overall foundation sales are up 50%. This fall, rival Revlon will also offer a line...
...According to the 1990 census, the African- American population is growing at a rate more than twice as fast as that of whites. Moreover, during the past two decades, the aggregate annual income of blacks has grown nearly sixfold, to an estimated $270 billion. As a group, blacks are younger and tend to spend a higher percentage of their money on consumer goods than their white counterparts do. They also show a preference for top-of-the-line merchandise and a willingness to try new products...
...commandos reach their destination, a small house outside Jenin. Inside, they hope to find Munir Jaradat, 18, allegedly a member of an armed Palestinian group that calls itself the Red Eagles. Weapons drawn, the soldiers storm the house, but they find only two frightened women, a boy and a younger child. No Jaradat. "Never mind," snaps the group commander. "Next time." Three weeks later, another commando team catches up with Jaradat in the nearby village of Silat al Harithiyah. According to the army's report, he is shot dead after he pulls a pistol on the soldiers...