Word: stylishly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...promising to write novels describing it. They were deterred, he recalled, by the realization that such novels would be so depressing that no one would read them and that the authors wouldn't be able to finish them anyway. Fortunately, though, Doubting Thomas by Robert Reeves '73 is a stylish exception to such a potential parade of academia's angst...
...industrial sector of Tel Aviv, Gottex controls some 65% of the Israeli swimwear market. Worldwide, it sells more than a million premium-priced pieces a year, from brightly colored suits ($48 to $240) to coordinated cover-ups such as shorts, oversize shirts and tunics ($16 to $250). Gottex's stylish products can be found on beaches in 63 countries, including Jordan and Lebanon where they appear without the "Made in Israel" label. They cover some celebrated bodies, from Diana, Princess of Wales, and Spain's Queen Sofia to Elizabeth Taylor and Brooke Shields. Once when Henry Kissinger was in Jerusalem...
Reeboks come from the unfashionable town of Bolton, England, in depressed Lancashire. The shoe's manufacturer came into the U.S. market in 1979, and its products were first picked up by aerobic dancers. They and others especially liked models with a stylish, light leather exterior. The company also promoted Reeboks as a favorite of the dedicated athlete, an image bolstered when Steve Jones, who set a world record in Chicago's America's Marathon, was photographed in a pair of Reeboks. Last year total U.S. sales reached $65 million, up from $3.5 million three years ago. The overall market...
...removal of trade barriers should benefit American consumers. Gottex, an Israeli firm whose stylish swimwear ranges from $70 to $250, said that once the 32% duty that it now pays is lifted, its fashion-minded U.S. customers will see lower prices...
...read some of that sappy stuff about him in the morning papers--how he liked Western pop music and so on. Now we're hearing about how Mikhail Gorbachev has good eye contact and a firm handshake and a good sense of humor and how his wife wears stylish shoes. Just because Gorbachev uses charm does not mean he is going to be swayed by it. And as for this facade about a modern, Western- style technocrat--it's just that, a facade...