Word: aire
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...arrival of the new gasoline was well timed. Hours after EC-1's debut, the California Air Resources Board unanimously approved a sweeping 20-year plan to clean up Southern California's atmosphere. President Bush put additional pressure on oil companies in June, when he unveiled an antipollution proposal that included a switch to cleaner automotive fuels, including natural gas and methanol, in smog-choked parts of the country...
While Atlantic Richfield has no immediate plans to market the new gasoline outside Southern California, other oil companies seem likely to develop their own lead-free products. The industry may have little choice if gasoline is to keep pace with U.S. demands for increasingly stringent air-quality standards...
...athletic shoes with heavy rubber soles. Today's models are an exacting mixture of fashion and technology, composed of such materials as synthetic leather and Hexalite, a cushiony substance used in Reebok's newest soles. Not just athletic shoes, they are space-age wonders that boast such features as air- cylinder suspension systems, anatomically molded ankle collars, outrigger soles and adjustable support straps. They answer to names like Air Skylon, 360 Jam, Disc-Drive and Tiger Gel Epirus. Manufacturers are bombarding customers with different models for "technical" and "nontechnical" running, for walking, wrestling and even coaching and cheerleading...
...cutting edge of shoe science, Nike and Reebok are engaged in a battle that is based on thin air. The Air Nike line of basketball shoes, which contain pockets of compressed gas in the soles to provide cushioning, became an instant hit two years ago when transparent plastic windows were added to show off the air cells. The most popular model is the Air Jordan (price: $110), named for Chicago Bulls superstar Michael Jordan, who receives an undisclosed royalty for each pair of shoes sold. This year Reebok is fighting back with its Energy Return System, found...
...main narrative was written by Otto Friedrich, who remembers the day of the invasion clearly. "I was ten years old and sat glued to the shortwave radio in the living room of my father's farm in Vermont, trying to get news of the air raids," he recalls. Assembling the pictures for the report, which was designed by Arthur Hochstein, Mary Dunn found a set of stills taken of Hitler that showed him honing his speech gestures; a picture from that extraordinary series illustrates the profile of Hitler in this issue...