Word: craze
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...called Health & Fitness, with an evaluation of how well Americans shape up, along with the latest news about nutrients. Says Managing Editor Ray Cave: "A major change in modern life has been the increasing understanding of the benefits of fitness and preventive medicine. It is not a fad or craze. It is not a jog, it is here for the long...
...legend has it, these crazy red and white "waffle-soled" shoes were invented by University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman. The story goes that he melted some rubber on his wife's waffle iron, and thus gave birth to the waffle shoe--and subsequently to the huge running craze...
...some light moments for Peking Reporter Jaime FlorCruz, a Filipino who has lived in China since 1971. Take dancing: "When I arrived," he says, "social dancing was taboo. Then in 1978-79, it was pronounced 'healthy,' and I found myself waltzing with Chinese women. After that, disco became the craze, and I was often urged to demonstrate it, until last year when it was banned as 'spiritual pollution.' Now it is In again, but not all the time in all places. Rules here, it seems, are made to be changed...
...popularity of biking took off after the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and it shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, the craze is becoming as much a social as an athletic phenomenon. Says Cyclist Lenny Goodman of Fountain Valley, Calif.: "I see a lot of people in really fancy clothing not doing much riding, just standing around talking...
...York's Lotto Lunacy recalls the mania that swept Illinois last year when its lottery prize reached $40 million. The craze is spreading. Twenty-two states plus the District of Columbia either already run lotteries or have plans on the drawing board. On Sept. 3, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont will launch the nation's first multistate lottery. In 1985 government-sponsored gambling is expected to generate revenues of $10 billion and net the states $4.1 billion. As lotteries reach across the U.S., criticism will doubtless grow. But with billions at stake and new tax revenue hard to come...