Word: craze
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reynolds recounts that his grandfather was hesitant to cater to the budding cigarette craze in 1911 because he feared that the smoke from the paper wrappers might be harmful. But when scientific tests seemed to prove otherwise, Reynolds made the fateful decision to launch a new brand, Camel...
...have been sold at 40 cents each. But the real grossing-out has taken place among legions of appalled grownups. Les Crados have even come to the attention of Premier Michel Rocard, who said he was "astounded." The National Institute for Consumers' Affairs has been asked to investigate the craze...
Sadly, these little blurbs are just popular examples of much of the prevailing wisdom of our now full-blown American fitness craze. Our mentality has been geared to consider bowling ball biceps, wash-board abdomens and slender hips as the be-all and end-all of what it means to be truly healthy. And amid all the bang and blab a partial view of reality, and real fitness, has been allowed to take hold, one that neglects that there is an internal side to good fitness as well...
...even begin such a serious approach to total fitness, we have to shake many of the often-empty symbols of the fitness craze, as well as a lot of our traditional dietary habits. Statistics reveal that most American diets consist of nearly 30 to 40 percent fat, and are loaded with high cholesterol foods...
...Flores frets. "With 15 minutes of practice daily, you can learn to play any instrument. You cannot get away from education." Parents who want the family prodigy to put in more than 15 minutes on the upright are concerned that serious piano lessons may be undermined by the keyboard craze...