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...Harvard women's swimming and diving team will host a mini-triathlon this Sunday, May 11. The event, which will kick-off at 7 a.m., will include a 800-meter swimm, a 12-mile bike ride, and a 4-mile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 5/9/1986 | See Source »

...knows how many of those who are initially eager eventually throw in the towel. According to one survey this year, only 20% of buyers of home devices remain steady users. "The biggest problem with doing this stuff is boredom," says Attorney Robert Gelfman, 54, who pedals a bike in his Scarsdale, N.Y., home three or four times a week. His solution: placing a book on an adjacent music stand. Says Gelfman: "I've gotten through all the Winston Churchill volumes on the Second World War, and I just finished the Jane Austen novels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Working Out in a Personal Gym | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...About five years ago this stuff was really popular. You could get skateboard stickers in Cap'n Crunch," recalls one salesman at Dave's Bike Infirmary, a bicycle shop that has carried skateboards since 1976. "I don't know why--it just suddenly faded. Maybe roller disco or break dancing had something to do with that," he adds...

Author: By Peter C. Krause, | Title: The Four-Wheeled Fad is Back | 1/13/1986 | See Source »

...when the fad's appeal dwindled in the late 1970s, sporting good stores stopped selling skateboards and manufacturers went bankrupt, according to the owner of the Bike Infirmary, David Forsyth...

Author: By Peter C. Krause, | Title: The Four-Wheeled Fad is Back | 1/13/1986 | See Source »

...lets Eileen stay to make it appear as if the boy has a stable home, even though Mallory calls Eileen a bad mother, who will run off with anybody anytime. He cared for her once, he says, but now he cares only for Michael. He will buy Michael a bike for Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Story | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

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