Word: weirdness
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...that and anachronistic too. Proudly so. "We come from a weird generation," Hutchence explains. "We were born on the cusp between the '70s and '80s, like U2 and Simple Minds. The whole live thing was very prominent in those days, before people made or broke their careers through video. We're an anachronism. But a good one. We're enjoying...
...weird position," said Warnick. "Watching Sam wrestle my brother was a strange experience...
...entire team may find themselves in a weird position before this season is over, with Cornell the team to beat and Harvard lacking the manpower to keep pace with the Big Red. After 118-lb. All-lvy candidate Nick Cianciola quit the team and backup Frank Fronhofer ballooned out of the weight class, Peckham is looking for lighweight help...
...have it bomb than play it safe." Like her colleagues, she finds plenty of pratfalls in autobiography. She recalls her overprotective parents: "My tricycle had seven wheels. And a driver." She speaks about pets with fancy trims: "I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult." And she fondly remembers an apartment near New York City's Central Park. "I couldn't actually see the park, but if I concentrated I could hear the screams for help...
...women I know have two kinds of clothes: work clothes and play clothes, in evening and weekend varieties. If women are not tending children at home, the clothes for work outnumber all the rest. So why is it that most designers of any fame produce garments intended for some weird fantasy life? I'm looking at a crotch-length strapless tweed dress topped by a blazer. Even in the permissive world of journalism, where am I going to wear this number? To interview the Secretary of State? I understand fashion's need for the new, but it gets less...