Word: fashionable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Meryl Streep could obviously have made it to the screen on looks alone. Says Director Michael Cimino, who worked with her on The Deer Hunter: "The camera embraces her." Lucky camera. Many women would kill for her slender, fashion-model figure, for that ash-blond hair, oval face, porcelain skin and those high, exquisite cheekbones. Her eyes mirror intelligence; their pale blue sparkle demands a new adjective: merulean. Only a slight bump down the plane of her long, patrician nose redeems her profile from perfection...
...fashion industry has flourished for decades by staying ahead, periodically changing styles to shorten hems or narrow lapels. But Detroit's automakers are sinking knee-deep into red ink, as energy-conscious buyers increasingly switch their taste in cars to lighter, fuel-efficient models. Surprised by the speed of that change, manufacturers cannot turn out enough small autos to satisfy public demand, while outmoded big cars gather dust in dealer back lots. As a result, in the first ten days of November, Big Three sales plummeted 26% from last year's levels...
...came a week earlier than most observers had expected, but in a very unsurprising fashion, Yale clinched undisputed possession of the 1979 Ivy League Football Championship Saturday when its 35-10 victory at Princeton meshed wtih Dartmouth's 24-10 upset of Brown...
Roomier pants may catch on as more women opt for comfort over the tight, almost girdled feeling. Says Lorelei Davis, whose Fiorucci store in Chicago sells baggy pants in Day-Glo colors and a variety of fabrics: "Fashion is a reaction, and women aren't that comfortable in tight pants." That may be true, but it is scant consolation to many men. Grumbles one New York male: "I don't think the men of America will put up with this...
From its storefront office on 9th Avenue in New York, the organization tries to educate people about the hard-core pornographic culture many of them, especially women, never see: how its violent and misleading images of women filter down into popular culture like record and fashion advertising; how these images promote stereotypes about female sexuality; and how pornography encourages male violence toward women. WAP members quote studies which claim that more than half of all child rapes are committed by men who say they are "trying out" techniques they saw in hard-core magazines and books...