Word: itness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The beginnings of a solution came in 1983, when the Tulsa-based StairMaster company pioneered the stair-climbing machine. The first model looked like a three-step escalator, and the steps revolved like a treadmill. But people found it hard to keep up with the machine, and only the superfit...
StairMaster's success has inspired competitors, among them Bally, the maker of arcade games and slot machines. In June Bally subsidiary Life Fitness put out its Lifestep model for health clubs. It has large, easy-to-move pedals and an advanced computer screen that tells users how many calories they...
, Until last week it seemed nothing short of a miracle would enable a Democrat to win a state senate seat from San Diego's heavily Republican 39th District. But that was before Roman Catholic Bishop Leo Maher ordered that Democratic candidate Lucy Killea, 67, be refused Communion because of her...
Stealing that pretty little evergreen from a neighbor's backyard and setting it up as a Christmas tree in your living room is a dirty trick. But some enterprising Coloradans are striking back at would-be tree snatchers with a pungent recipe: fox urine, a drop or two of skunk...
Mencken ordered that the diaries be sealed for 25 years after his death, which occurred in 1956, and thereafter be made available to students only. But in 1985 the Maryland Attorney General ruled the restriction not legally binding. Mencken would probably have put down controversy over the diaries to what...