Word: blue
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...large wooden map of the Azores dominates one wall of the pizzeria, and the other is covered with pictures of the islands, showing green and blue lagoons, white churches and majestic volcanic mountain ranges...
Years ago, I put on the record what I had learned about blue jeans at Southwest High School, in Kansas City, Mo.: "Anybody who wears jeans that are not Levi or Lee is a nerd, a creep, a wonk, and walks like a duck." What binds Weyrich and me together, I realized, is that we believe in an absolute standard of behavior, what used to be called the eternal verities; we deplore what he would probably call relativist morals and I would call a lot of people being willing to go around dressed like dorks...
...both take pride in ignoring the fashions of the times. My wife often tells me that my views on blue jeans are adolescent. That should come as no surprise, I reply, since I acquired them during my adolescence. I have never seen any reason to change them. Anyone looking for a relativist position on blue jeans can look elsewhere...
...have changed--but not completely. Though whites and blacks now monitor their attitudes about race, racial terrorism lives on. Killers who were never charged for their hate crimes roam free. From recent cases one might even be led to surmise that the Klan has given up white uniforms for blue ones. And then there are cases in which there is still time to make good on history. Perhaps this one. Mamie Till Mobley is ailing but alive. She has mourned her only child these 44 years. She could never get his murderers indicted on lesser charges, never got their apologies...
...Refuge. Out-of-towners come to tour the historic homes and treasure hunt at craft and antique shows. Some folks bring cameras and sketchpads to chronicle the Sultana Shipbuilding Project, a community endeavor to create a two-masted 18th century schooner for educational projects. Others are enticed by the Blue Heron Cafe, an American seafood restaurant known for its to-die-for oyster fritters...