Word: fashionability
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wise words for anyone fretting over the graying of rock, for whoever freaks out on musical fashion and obsesses over obsolescence. "To be a rock 'n' roller isn't like being a football player," he says. "There are brilliant jazz and country players and classical guys in their 60s. If you're a musician, you're a musician for life." Remember that this New Year's Eve. And turn the radio up a little. The Call should still...
...overjoyed by that news was Churchill. "So we had won after all," he thought on hearing it. "How long the war would last or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at this moment care. Once again in our long island history, we should emerge, however mauled or mutilated, safe and victorious...
Only fuddy-duddies still think of sneakers as inexpensive, all-purpose athletic shoes with heavy rubber soles. Today's models are an exacting mixture of fashion and technology, composed of such materials as synthetic leather and Hexalite, a cushiony substance used in Reebok's newest soles. Not just athletic shoes, they are space-age wonders that boast such features as air- cylinder suspension systems, anatomically molded ankle collars, outrigger soles and adjustable support straps. They answer to names like Air Skylon, 360 Jam, Disc-Drive and Tiger Gel Epirus. Manufacturers are bombarding customers with different models for "technical" and "nontechnical...
...market for brand-name athletic shoes. Based in Beaverton, Ore., the company is nosing ahead of its archrival Reebok, which controls about 22% of the market. Striding into the No. 3 position is trendy L.A. Gear, which has grabbed about 13% by selling shoes designed more for fashion than performance. Among the runners-up: Converse, Adidas, Keds and New Balance...
...They were in back of us and in front of us. To the right was automatic fire; to the left we were shot at by artillery. One shell hit a mine 300 yards from us and set off a long line of Polish-laid mines; they exploded in domino fashion. We ran, we lay on the ground, we ran. We didn't know which...