Word: hills
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Three other local sporting goods stores--Herman's World of Sporting Goods, James F. Brine, and Beacon Hill Skate Shop--all report similar sharp rises in skateboard sales since the end of last summer...
...rebellious Republicans grew still after the President entered the room. Ronald Reagan had just returned from a memorial service at Fort Campbell, Ky., and the pall carried over to the gathering on Capitol Hill. There was a moment of silence for the 248 soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division who died in the Arrow Air crash two weeks ago. Then it was down to business. More than 160 G.O.P. Congressmen were eager to explain why they had voted to prevent consideration of a bill drastically overhauling the nation's tax code, and the President was just as eager to persuade...
...know differently, Sunset Park at this hour could be mistaken for a small New Hampshire town. The shorn trees in the park, the cemetery on the hill, the quiet churches, the low houses looking for their occupants' return at the day's end. At P.S. 314, Diana Hart-Johnson rehearses the Nutcracker presentation scheduled for Christmas week. Teenage boys, galoots, clomp on the stage and attempt to learn their dance as the Spirit of Winter Dreams. The smaller children make soldiers' hats. The windows of the school blaze out into the cold...
...Tony winners, than from the melodies and lyrics, which are burdened with cliche-ridden predictability, relentless optimism and, worst, a prevailing sameness. Uggams' torchy numbers seem too much alike because the songs do. Loudon's comedy, almost all based on self-mockery for being plump and presumably over the hill, eventually becomes distasteful. Rivera, who could dance the telephone book entertainingly, more or less does just that in some tired, ordinary routines. For those who like Las Vegas spectaculars or TV variety hours, Girls may prove entertaining. But when compared with the 1977 Side by Side by Sondheim, a revue...
...Capitol Hill, the enrolling clerk was balking. The President signed legislation only on certain days, the clerk told Albright, and there was no < call for this bill to be rushed. At that instant the clerk's telephone rang. Albright eavesdropped. Wilson wanted the Army appropriations legislation brought down. "Be a good fellow and stick the Parks Act in the same envelope," pleaded Albright. The clerk weakened and tucked it in the envelope destined to be carried to the White House in minutes...