Word: waisted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bessette walked down the aisle, wearing a fluid, bias-cut dress of pearl-white crepe. A panel floated from the waist in the back, in a suggestion of a train. She wore a veil of silk tulle, and her crystal-beaded satin sandals were from Manolo Blahnik, designer of pricey, fashionable shoes. In her hands, covered by long white gloves, she carried a small bouquet of lilies of the valley. The groom wore a dark blue single-breasted suit, designed by Gordon Henderson, with a white pique vest and pale blue silk tie. His boutonniere was made of cornflowers...
...around me was wearing a slight variation on the same color scheme. You've seen it, the Gap line: inoffensive, uninspiring and uninspired, with an occasional light blue thrown in for creative good measure. Almost all were wearing jeans and most everyone had something tied around his or her waist. Although these people didn't look like they'd stepped off the pages of a J. Crew catalogue, it appeared as though they tried very hard to make it seem like they...
...Congressional Medal of Honor? Answer: maybe yes, maybe no. Heroism must be investigated before it can be officially rewarded and--talk about ironies--the semidisgraced Serling is assigned to the inquiry. Plagued by guilty nightmares about his own conduct and drinking too much as a result, he is soon waist-deep in Rashomon country. For the survivors of the episode tell conflicting stories, some of which hint--hold on for more ironies--that Walden might actually have behaved badly. Or might have been herself victimized by friendly fire...
...looks are often what people focus on. It's hard not to. Her eyes are sloped, inviting, penetrating. At 5 ft. 2 in., she's small but also lithe, with a tiny waist and a size-2 build. And in person she also turns out to be one of those energetic sorts who seem much taller. "I'm a happy person by nature. I'm spunky," she says. "And don't let me eat presweetened cereal, or it's over." But she also confides: "I'm kind of private, but not aloof. I just like being by myself...
...however, doctors marry doctors and lawyers marry bankers, without any help from the same-sex-marriage lobby. Stone Age men might have sat around calculating waist-to-hip ratios on their abacuses, but modern men are more likely to be trying to figure out your ratio of assets to debts. This is sad, of course, from the point of view of female upward mobility. But unless the market for trophy wives greatly expands, looks will remain a poor substitute for impressive job titles and higher degrees...