Word: biking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...through the quake without a scratch, the experience was akin to a roller-coaster ride: a few moments of terror followed by sheer exhilaration. "I've felt all the earthquakes since I've lived here, and this one was the best -- my best near death experience," declared Los Gatos bike- shop employee Ray Blair...
...gray areas in Ridley Scott movies; the director of Blade Runner tosses color and atmosphere into every shot. The man has never photographed a dry sidewalk in his life; the tiles have got to glisten like Bakelite in heat. Neon glyphs snake around each lurid shop sign. An ominous bike boy threads his Suzuki around columns in a Japanese mall-cathedral...
Like scores of other cities, Seattle (which came up with the idea first) has found that its pedal-pushing patrol has become, in the words of Officer Paul Grady, "quite the urban crime fighter." Wheeling rugged 18-speed mountain bikes into parks, doorways, narrow alleys and even under viaducts, Seattle's squad of 20 bike officers has averaged five times the number of arrests made by downtown foot patrols over the past two years...
...crisp Saturday morning, and exercise instructor Ludmilla Fedina is barking orders like a drill sergeant. "Don't be lazy. You have five more seconds," she cries to Luba Yeremeeva, 27, a machine-tool worker who is pumping away on a Soviet-made stationary bike. Galina Usochina, 47, a factory engineer, turns red as borscht as she works out on a rowing machine. And retiree Zinaida Kolmakova flashes a gold-toothed grin while she demonstrates how, at 61, she can do a dozen chin-ups. Business is brisk at the Krylatskoya Physical Fitness Clinic in west Moscow...
...There were lots of guys walking around wearing ridiculous green lycra bike pants," Jennifer Dodge said. "It was hysterical...