Word: hoopes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will try to go another season on his patented collapsible legs, great for summer storage but of questionable value for 48 minutes of pounding up and down the Garden floor. On the other hand, Archibald ranks among the greatest players of the last decade, knows more routes to the hoop than an Eastern pilot does to New York, and passes well enough to have led the unselfish Celts in assists last season...
There's one man left of course, the scraggly mustachioed Rookie of the Year from French Lick, Ind., via Indiana State, at forward, please welcome Larry Bird. Crowd roar. This is the man who will revolutionize hoop by taking it back to its roots, reminding people of the beauty of a well thrown pass, making them recall that a 15-footer is more valuable than a Lloyd Free throw...
With the U.S. men at home, the basketball title figured to be a cinch for the Soviet team, dubbed "the U.C.L.A. of the East." The Soviets had broken the U.S. hoop monopoly with a last-second goal in Munich and, though upset by Yugoslavia in Montreal (where the U.S recaptured the gold), were as imposing as oaks-and just as fast. The fleet-footed Italians, running and gunning like outlaws in a spaghetti western, left the hulking Soviets wounded...
...idea of either industrialization or a new industrial policy infuriates some observers. Says Yale Professor William Nordhaus, a former member of President Carter's Council of Economic Advisers: "Reindustrialization is a Hula Hoop. On a deeper level, it is a pernicious idea that basically calls for re-enforcing sick indus tries." Charles Willson, vice president for area development at Chicago's Continen tal Bank, says that Government-sponsored cures "don't address the question of capital formation in a really productive...
...slices a woman in half with a 36-inch rotary saw; he makes an elephant disappear; he turns a lady into a tiger. Birds vanish, and an eagle suddenly materializes. A glowing light bulb leaves the stage and floats up the aisles, with the magician close behind, spinning a hoop around it to show that there are no hidden wires. Thirteen grown men, volunteers all, tie Blackstone into knots - which he breaks faster than you can say his name. He is also assisted by a camel, a donkey, a baby rabbit, an orchestra and a troupe of young and enthusiastic...