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...device enjoyed a limited popularity among hockey players until roughly four years ago, when sales abruptly and somewhat inexplicably skyrocketed. Mike J. Benshoff, Boston area representative for Rollerblade, attributes this lag time to cosmetics. In late 1988, Rollerblade developed a new skate with a flashy neon design, and sales started climbing. "When those went on the wall, things took off," Benshoff says...
...only does Harvard lag behind in thesocial scene, but the school also offers little inthe area of sex, some students say, According toFishman, the most exciting sex is enjoyedelsewhere. "The people who have the most frequentand varied sex that I know go to other schools,"the Leverett House resident says...
...There was a lag time between Harvard alwaysgetting the person they wanted, and therealization that acceptances wouldn't come," hesays. "The realization has sunk in. Harvard is nolonger complacent about the issue...
Lewis said the women's ratio continues to lag because fewer women than men apply to Harvard...
...lag era, one did not hop over to Paris for spring break. Travel was serious business. Most class members had made a few trips overseas, usually for a couple months at a time. One traveled partly for pleasure, of course, but going abroad was part of a citizen's duty to expand his horizons...