Word: damns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year's hottest models are more comfortable and more durable than earlier ones. "It's really hard for a good bike to break down these days," says Chuck McCullagh, publisher and editor of Bicycling magazine. "People can go out and get fit and not have to worry about the damn thing...
...novel, The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, reflects that innocent era before AstroTurf, designated hitters and utility infielders with multimillion-dollar contracts. But every middle-aged baseball fan can still appreciate the Faustian temptation at the core of both the novel and the hit Broadway musical it inspired, Damn Yankees. Joe Boyd is a paunchy real estate salesman condemned to root for his hapless hometown team, the now defunct Washington Senators. The devil, who prefers the moniker Applegate, offers to transform Joe into the greatest slugger in the history of the game. Applegate's price is the usual recompense...
...Cause th' decadence n' entropy in Shepard's West are as inevitable as passin' out after you drink eight Pabst Blue Ribbons in 15 minutes. Part of th' reason is that th' characters are all so damn self-destructive. Curse is about a family whose members have what one of them describes as "poison" in th' blood. They're alcoholic, they're violent, they're venal, they're ornery...
...deprived of him, McEnroe darkly took stock of his flagging comeback and called this a "critical time for tennis and me." He said he could envision American tennis becoming like soccer, "where the rest of the world is crazy about it, and nobody in the U.S. gives a damn." But Lendl, 28, the lead Swede Mats Wilander, 23, the Australian Pat Cash, 23, Becker and Edberg are at least worth one damn, and Steffi will play the winner...
...attended the International School. Such a melting pot!) "What's today's morning repast?" I asked cheerfully, reaching for the sports pages of the New York Times. "Ambrosia," they answered in unison. How suitably mythological, I thought -- the food of Greece's ancient deities. In Manhattan one can buy damn near everything, I always say. And ambrosia it was -- Kellogg's Wheat-Nut Ambrosia, a new product described as low in fat, high in bran...