Word: deck
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...materials I need to study for the next day's classes, my walkman, an umbrella, an extra pair of shoes in case it rains, a stash of quarters for photocopying, some Lifesavers, a carton of apple juice, a list of emergency phone numbers, my favorite stuffed animal and a deck of cards...
...passengers of the cruise ship Nordic Empress return from a hard day of sunbathing, shell hunting and rum drinking on Coco Cay's white sand beach. "Bring me another Bahama Mama," yells Danny Rivero, 23, from amid 102 degrees hot-tub bubbles high up on the ship's sun deck. Fellow passenger Renato Deoliveira, 19, obediently passes along a lethal concoction of 151-proof Myers's rum, apricot brandy, coconut rum and fruit punch, while Ted and Kay LaTour, a Milwaukee couple in their 60s, laugh indulgently and sink lower in the froth. "Supposedly we're in a recession," says...
Everywhere you look around the Nordic Empress, people like Ted LaTour are defying the dismal economic news back home. Across the teak sun deck, Nancy and Bruce Brentlinger of Terre Haute, Ind., are sipping their own Bahama Mamas and playing cards. Down on Deck 4, Tim and Ann Swan of San Antonio are dressing for the '50s rock-'n'-roll night. On Deck 5, Liz Scheetz from Chapel Hill, N.C., is slamming quarters into a Dynamite Jackpot slot machine, while around the corner in the Carousel Pub Mary Ann Brower of Pleasantville, N.J., is celebrating with a bottle of Freixenet...
...long way toward changing perceptions, as did heavy network advertising. Flashy new ships like Carnival's Fantasy and Royal Caribbean's Nordic Empress now lure passengers with soaring Hyatt-style atriums, neon-lit discos and casinos with low table limits. The elderly can still take a constitutional around the deck, of course, but the trend is toward state-of-the-art fitness spas and sports platforms for water skiers. Princess and Royal Caribbean lines have even bought islands for private beaches...
...actor Gary Busey, who had a near fatal motorcycle accident three years ago. "I don't have any tolerance for people who want to ride free in the wind," said Busey. "If you don't wear a helmet, you're not playing with a full deck." In Los Angeles, at least, bikers will have time to adjust. The sheriff's department says it will start enforcing the law after a 15-day grace period. Then it will no longer be legal for cyclists to feel the wind in their hair...