Word: coasters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American class which gets a five minute handicap includes bikes with coaster brakes and without gear shifts. Starting two and a half minutes before the Racers the touring class covers cycles with gears and handbrakes, but with no toe clips dropped bars external gears or super thin tires any of which will put a bike into the racing class...
...home and who don't mind Coney-Islandish hordes for their beach companions, Nantasket and Revere offer miles of jammed sand and plenty of cold, cold water. The gamester who doesn't shy at pitching a few pennies or getting a quick thrill in between swims via roller-coaster can find plenty of amusement at both beaches. "Walking Charlie," Pokerino, the Fun House, and peep shows are only part of the come-ons. There are long, dark, and grimy tunnels of love at both resorts. And if you don't feel like driving, several boats leave for Nantasket daily...
...Association. Competing with Mexican speed demons for $68,000 in prizes-and the glory of beating some of the world's nerviest racers to Ciudad Juarez-were two-man teams from the U.S., Canada, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, France and Italy. Ahead of them were the hairpin curves, roller-coaster dips and erratic paving of the Pan-American highway, bone-jarring enough at tourist speeds, and highly dangerous for even the most experienced racer...
Pigeons Are Cruel. World War I came and stayed, and Tig began hitting the dips on her psychological roller coaster. Her only brother was killed, she was trapped in France, and Bogey worked overtime in a War Office job. After the war, Bogey edited a little magazine. Tig chipped in with reviews, and shuttled wearily between
...converted indoor tennis court at Oyster Bay, N.Y. one night last week, the guests looked up at the big, curving cinema screen, swallowed hard and clutched for support as they seemed suddenly plunked down in the lead car of a plunging roller coaster. Next, they were surrounded by the cacophony of marchers and bands in the midst of a Fifth Avenue parade. Then they were transported to Chicago's Soldier Field at night, heard the rumbling applause swelling all around them as Douglas MacArthur's car swept into the arena under shifting beams of light...