Word: jolt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Stand and Deliver is more than a simple parable of effort rewarded. Even more than La Bamba, it has sent a jolt of hope and renewed self-esteem through Hispanic communities across the country. As the news about the film has spread, Olmos and Escalante have become role models for millions of Hispanic Americans, living proof that with the requisite amount of what Escalante calls ganas (desire), they can lift themselves out of the barrio and become teachers, mathematicians, movie stars -- anything they want. Olmos is "very inspirational, a real hero to the Hispanic community," observes Producer Moctesuma Esparza...
...cool guy who had never sung before, but who was really into the same kinds of music we were," Tarver says. Kurt Davis, otherwise known as Yukki, performs in a bathrobe, changes the color of his mane of hair every few weeks and drinks two liters of Jolt cola daily...
...came -- the shriek of a siren so loud it silenced even the crowd's mocking roar. Arthur reacted like so many others: he turned into a rock. His eyes glazed, his mouth opened, his hand gripping the microphone like a cigar- store Indian, the young man needed a jolt to make his feet carry him to safety. In the wings, Cooper shrugged. Since his siren had not worked, he had no choice but to send in the clown...
...less on the quality of the food than on the galactic beauty of the scene outside. Vinson and his wife Lois are on their way home to Memphis the long, old-fashioned way: across the Rockies to Chicago, then south on the City of New Orleans. Every inch, every jolt, every valley is familiar to him and much loved, for when he retired with a gold watch last August, Woody had worked the trains for 51 years...
Tuesday, 8--The newly rejuvenated presidential candidacies of Gray Hart and Bob Dole receive an additional jolt of energy from their stunning victories in today's Super Tuesday primaries. "I'm a sarcastic guy, so I better not comment." Dole said...