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...craze that began in France, where trendy Parisians got wise to the fact that wine could still be fun if you drank it fresh and young, instead of first hiding it away in the cellar for 50 years...

Author: By Richard J. Howells, | Title: Trendy Tippling | 12/2/1985 | See Source »

...dancing partner reached up and placed the back of her hand on her forehead. "Is she mopping her brow?" he mused. "Or are the lights hurting her eyes?" Naive fool: the hand upraised and the posture of rehearsed fatigue were simply the latest dance-floor craze...

Author: By Preston W. Brooks and Michael C.D. Okwu, S | Title: Art and Dance in New York | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Oct. 7, 1985 | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

...single, however, that will probably attract the most attention and provoke the greatest response. If, as Rock Critic Greil Marcus has skeptically suggested, the recent spate of concerts like FarmAid bespeaks merely "a craze for charity," then Sun City represents a step toward outright activism. The accustomed structure for all such undertakings is present: participating musicians worked free, recording studios donated facilities, Van Zandt covered his own expenses, and Manhattan Records will donate all of the profits to the nonprofit Africa Fund...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Songs From the High Ground From Farm Aid to Apartheid, Rock Wrestles with Big Issues | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer, | Title: Running: Still Crazy | 10/5/1985 | See Source »

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