Word: fad
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mini's role on television and the possible return of another '60s fad, hot pants, Dynasty Designer Nolan Miller says with a smile, "I can only remember what Bette Davis said on a late-night talk show: 'In my day, hot pants were something women had, not wore.' " There is surely wisdom...
...Angeles. The big fad in L.A. these days is "channeling," which involves paying someone money to talk with a spirit out of the past. For laughs, ask advice from the ancient master, and then say, "Well, if you're so smart, how come you're dead...
Four years ago Jesse Jackson was the Black candidate, the Central America movement was a cause for the disenchanted white middle-class, few people were interested in South Africa and the anti-nuclear movement seemed a trendy fad. Now the various victims of Reagan's policies are comming to see their common cause. If no media politicians besides Jesse Jackson recognize the common enemy and our common future, more power...
Legend has it that the famous "live goldfish swallowing," so popular among college students of the late '40s, began at the Freshman Union. Reportedly, two Harvard freshmen swallowed two live goldfish in full view of the class of '47, and from there, the fad swept the nation...
Snowboarding. To traditionalists, the breezy fad is a clumsy intrusion on the sleek precision of downhill skiing, but to some 100,000 enthusiasts, many of them adolescent males, it is the coolest snow sport of the season. From Vermont to California, snowboarders are shredding the slopes on a cross between a surfboard and a ski, a 5-ft.-long, 10-in.-wide piece of laminated wood or fiber glass with fixed bindings that can easily strap around any sturdy boot. No poles needed. The newborn sport, like its cousins surfing and skateboarding, requires agility and a keen sense of balance...