Word: colorations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DESCRIPTION: Population over 65 by age group, life expectancy by sex and race, spending on pensions and health care as percentage of GNP, 1950 and 1985, with projection for 2020; color illustration: man sitting in rocking chair and man running...
DESCRIPTION: Results of poll on relative positions of United States and USSR in space exploration; color illustration of rocket after launch from earth...
...unexpected happens, Debi Thomas will become the first black athlete to win a medal in the Winter Games. Records are not immaculately kept on the point, but apparently it was 1980 before U.S. Bobsledders Willie Davenport and Jeff Gadley, along with their Canadian counterpart Bob Wilson, broke the color line. Several more black athletes will compete in Calgary, including Canadian Hockey Player Claude Vilgrain. If part of the problem is lack of black involvement in winter sports, that is changing too. E. Rory Flack, 18, is the most prominent of a growing number of black athletes following Thomas' lead...
...whether many of the versions now being sold are spiritually and aesthetically still worthy of the name. So far, all are made of the conventional yeast dough, and most are boiled before being baked, thereby taking on the characteristic moist chewiness. But because the classic bagel had a grayish color, was tough to chew and had a shelf life of about two hours, bromate dough conditioners and softeners have gradually been added to new products in the past 20 years. Burger King has added to the acculturation process with such fillers for its bagel as eggs, cheese, ham and bacon...
...March they will plunge into off-the-peg. The first collection of about 100 pieces, including some in leather and knits, will be sold in only 110 stores worldwide (price range: $300 to $8,000). Says Lacroix: "There will be no flowers, no ruffles, no bustles, but color, proportion, good...