Saturday, August 26, 1995

From the day

Perspective: The Anxious Local · Tactile

I’m fumbling with my plaid skirt and these itchy knee-high socks, trying to ignore the grease on my fingers from sliding those cardboard Pogs around all afternoon. I glanced at the paper—"CHANGING STANCE, PACKWOOD BACKS PUBLIC HEARINGS"—and honestly, the tension is so thick I half-expected the cashier to snap "No soup for you!" when I balked at the price of bread. Everything feels tight and expensive, from the $1.15 gas to the way the satin of my slip dress clings in this humid air. I just want to plug into my Tiny Backpack and forget the news before everything changes again.

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The Headlines

CHANGING STANCE, PACKWOOD BACKS PUBLIC HEARINGS

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Kiss from a Rose

Seal

#1 at the box office

$10,309,925

The must-have

Pogs

You Share a Birthday With

• Mother Teresa (1910)
• Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
• Chris Pine (1980)
• Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
• Julio Cortázar (1914)

Slang

Tech Check

Windows 95, DVD Format, Java & eBay.

Style of 1995

Silhouette: Preppy and minimalist (Clueless)

Material: Plaid and satin

• Slip dresses
• Knee-high socks
• Tiny backpacks

Cost of Living (1995)