Word: helmets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first down, the Bulldogs were forced to pay the price. Price drove up the middle, rocketed up off his lanky legs and raised the ball high with his hands. Santos, on the opposing side, dove his somewhat shorter body up and connected with the ball--with his helmet...
Schools also bring in more alternative acts they pay for themselves from activities budgets. One school I talked to gave me a list of acts--Faith No More, Toad and the Wet Sprocket, the Jesus and the Mary Chain and Helmet. When I asked how many years this list covered, they sounded surprised and told me that these were their upcoming fall semester concerts...
...once smoked marijuana while listening to a bootlegged Megadeth tape on a Sony Walkman, and that he had passed the joint on to a multicultural friend of uncertain sexual orientation, and that a spaced-out biker at the same party had cursed all politicians who favor crash-helmet laws...
...fencers, German specialists have devised a steel-plated dummy that examines competitors' attack moves. The mannequin has a helmet-shaped head containing a high-speed camera mounted behind Plexiglas. Its torso is wired at strategic locations with tiny bulbs. When a hit is scored, a red, green or white light goes on. Tests with the dummy have shown that speed alone is not the crucial factor in a fencer's prowess. Athletes are more accurate when they take time and move deliberately in the moments preceding attack...
Luke, who likes to skate in traffic ("It's the adrenaline"), says "I definitely think you should wear [a helmet]. I don't wear it myself, for aesthetic reasons...