Word: rack
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that some of the dresses were loans, not gifts, or that they are no longer worth very much once they have been worn, may not impress the IRS. A gown, even one that doesn't suffer soup stains, may depreciate from a $20,000 price tag to off- the-rack in a single evening. But that is the point of haute couture. Its value derives mainly from its once-in-a-lifetime wearing. Los Angeles designer David Hayes, from whom Mrs. Reagan borrowed more than 60 outfits, says of those she returned, "Once something is worn," its value is "nothing...
...letter Dean Theimann affirms "The School's commitment to the exercise of free speech throughout the University." These are encouraging words, but the School's recent rack record seems to imply a Middle East exception to the First Amendment. As I understand it, the School's refusal to host a conference was preceded by its refusal to host a conference called "Towards Peace in the Middle East," to be sponsored by the U.S. Inter-religious Committee...
...Quad, it won't be that bad. We'll all hang out together. It won't even matter that we didn't want to live there in the first place," I heard one person say emphatically to six people standing near the Hallmark rack...
Willoughby came back after his loss to rack up two more wins for third place overall...
...wait, what's this? The NBA turned around and told the Charlotte Hornets, "It's your turn this year to wallow in the mire of the Midwest Division cellar and rack up tremendous travel expenses playing three games on the road at Pacific Division opponents." I guess that's the thanks they get for leading the league in attendance in their first season of existence...