Conceding that the '70s were characterized by bad hair, bad clothes, bad music, bad design, bad books, bad politics, bad economics, bad carpeting, bad fabrics and a lot of bad ideas, he reminds us that the decade was nonetheless the spawning ground for many of the attitudes and values that define our society today.
"When it is the governor who goes bad, the fabric of Illinois is torn and disfigured and not easily repaired," Zagel said.
"As Judge Zagel put it, 'When a governor goes bad, the fabric of Illinois is torn,' " U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald after the sentencing.
Most of our kids know that killing is "bad"; the very fabric of our society is built upon the notion that it is wrong to kill another human being.
If the smell is very bad, spray some fabric deodorizer inside the shoe.
EDM has taken it full circle by turning wasteoids dancing to bad music into the fabric of an entire industry.
And, although they never weighted more than 15 kilograms altogether, some issues came up: the fabric was bad, and the plates were straight and uncomfortable.
Bad policy can decimate the social fabric, but good policy can only modestly improve it.
He also shows how racism, rather than being the pathology of a few bad apples, was woven into the fabric of daily existence.
One reason droopy-drawer pants lasted so long is that they are easy to make (and with all that fabric, they looked equally bad on everyone).
