Word: hops
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...came out of retirement for this," Barth said. "It's their first dance and the freshmen are really up for it." He swept his arm over the jammed floor while a convoy of writhing flesh oozes by doing a Bunny Hop. Bruce Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac" resounds throughout the hall. "I mean, who could pass this...
...median age of the population reached 30.9, the oldest ever, and is expected to exceed 36 by the year 2000. People who fox-trotted to Tommy Dorsey now outnumber those who hip-hop to Cyndi Lauper; for the first time in history, there are more Americans over 65 than there are teenagers. Notes Karl Zinsmeister, an economic demographer at the American Enterprise Institute: "By the late 1980s, one-half of our households will be headed by baby boomers. One-fourth of our population will be elderly. These two groups will define our society for a very long time...
International House of Pancakes (IHOP): Not nearly as close as any of the rest, but if you're mobilized, there's nothing like going to the 'hop located just out Soldiers Field Road. The food isn't so great, but the key is to go with a lot of people and make stupid jokes to the waitresses. Nothing seems so funny as it does at 4 a.m. and chocolate chip pancakes with whipped cream don't taste nearly as bad as they would when you're completely awake...
...field events, senior Mark Henry had tropic pump of the outdoor section hop, skip and jumping 50-ft., 1 1/2-in, for a second place finish. Freshman James Russel finished only fifth but had a fine hammer throw of 195-ft., 11-in., andd pole vaulter Steve Pimmey took third in his event...
...clouds and the air of doom didn't stop Seaver's delivery from being any more or less than it had been. His arm speed was down and the hop on his pitches had diminished, but his motion remained tranquilly the same as that of the 22-year-old who burst onto the major league with a 16-13 campaign in 1967 with the woeful New York Mets...