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91Coach — Inspired by the suppleness of an old baseball glove, Miles Cahn founded the company in 1941 in a New York City loft. Artisans hired by the Cahn family handcrafted soft leather into handbags and Bonnie Cashin was the company s first designer.… …
92Realism — Inspired by the French writers Honore de Balzac (17991850) and Gustave Flaubert (1821 1880), the literary style called realism was a major force in Scandinavian letters from around 1840 through the 1880s, but particularly in the 1870s. The… …
Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater
93IO2 — inspired oxygen …
94made enemies — inspired hatred or dislike in others …
95IO2 — • inspired oxygen …
96tripod — Inspired by the ‘third leg’ of the man addressed when it occurs in North Dallas Forty, by Peter Gent. A conversation is taking place between professional football players as they take a shower: ‘“Hey, tripod.” O.W. Meadows pointed out the… …
97performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
98Fashions — ▪ 2009 The faltering global economy determined the direction of fashion during 2008. Initially, the euro s significant appreciation against the dollar proved a boon to style conscious travelers who, visiting the U.S. from abroad as the year …
99literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
100South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
