Word: dozen
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...once again flocking to buy Gucci -- but it is Gucci with a modern twist. In addition to the subdued browns and blacks that were once Gucci's trademark, the new line of leather goods boasts a rainbow palette of splashy colors. Traditional suede moccasins ($265) come in a dozen offbeat shades, from bubble-gum pink to purple to bright orange. A new line of $500 knapsacks, aimed at a younger and hipper clientele, ranges from scarlet suede to bronze satin. And Gucci's spring line includes tiny bamboo-handle evening bags ($395 and $495) that are perfect for the trendiest...
...films have the quality of ferocity. There is something in Arnold that sparks the pinwheeling imaginations of action directors. They get him to lift trucks, carry huge trees on his shoulder, upend telephone booths with little punks inside. In Mark L. Lester's puckishly violent Commando, he righteously kills dozens of people in his determination to save a single life; as one helpful woman observes of Arnold and his adversaries, "These guys eat too much red meat." John McTiernan's Predator (1987) twists another commando genre into a jungle monster movie: half a dozen supersoldiers infiltrate enemy territory -- and Arnold...
...many tried. It would be 10 days, three beatings and more than a dozen interrogations before Basa's elaborate lie finally stuck; 10 days of hell before he was released by being tossed from a moving car near one of the new statues of Saddam Hussein in the middle of Kuwait City...
...stakes are high. This week a study in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine reports a steep rise in brain-cancer rates over the past dozen years. If the increased incidence of such cancers could be linked to electromagnetism in the home or workplace, liability suits could clog the courts. Property values near power lines and electric substations are plummeting. If the utilities have to bury or reroute those systems, the cost of doing business could take a sharp jump...
...initiative was applauded overseas, where nearly two dozen other countries and relief organizations have already promised help, including $1 billion in credits and outright gifts and $1.4 billion in technical assistance from the European Community. So far, the Soviet Union has received more than 2,500 tons of goods, mostly food, which are being distributed to children's homes, pensioners, invalids and low-income families; all aid is under close guard to prevent pilfering...