Word: hipness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...HOWIE HIP, 24, a movie mogul who worked his way from Harvard to the William Morris agency mail room to the head of a major studio in just under three weeks, sits behind an expansive desk. He is screaming into the telephone...
HOWIE: You're history, creep! Don't mess with Howie Hip. SLOW FADE...
...relaxed." This week Stacks found Secret Service agents prowling the grounds, and a house full of aides, accountants and lawyers. A Plexiglas booth had been installed in the front yard to house the night guard. "The dog," Stacks reports, "is still roaming the house, although Missy has developed hip dysplasia. That has the candidate almost as worried as her tax situation. Representative Ferraro may seem as peppy and bright as before, but she has the look of someone who has been through an ordeal. Zaccaro, always a bit reticent, is more so now, his view of the press soured...
...convention's mood turned nostalgic as it welcomed Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, the G.O.P.'s 1964 presidential nominee and at 75 still its grandest old conservative. As Goldwater, who has undergone surgery for heart and hip ailments in recent years, limped to the podium, few in the hall needed reminding that an electrifying televised campaign speech on Goldwater's behalf 20 years ago by a Hollywood has-been had launched Ronald Reagan on his political career. Reagan aides had hoped that Goldwater would not dwell too much on his old crusades, but the Senator was unswayed...
...most complicated and the least suited to perform what it is asked to do." Ligaments joining the femur and tibia wrap around the knee to keep the bones together; the only cushion between these bones is two thin bands of cartilaginous tissue called menisci. Unlike the shoulder and hip joints, which are buried under layers of muscle, the knee is protected only by the kneecap and a thin layer of tissue. The knee bears great weights, helps propel and stop the body and acts as a shock absorber-and that is just normal wear. Many sports put added strain...