Word: mark
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...Japanese, the French, the Germans, the Italians. Not to mention the Australians, Brazilians, Thais and Taiwanese. As the U.S. dollar lingers near its lowest post-World War II levels against such foreign currencies as the Japanese yen and the West German mark, large crowds of visitors from overseas are streaming onto U.S. shores this year, cameras and shopping lists at the ready. From California's redwood forests to the South's Gulf Stream waters, from Malibu to Maine, foreign tongues are echoing through all the familiar U.S. tourist attractions -- and some of the offbeat haunts as well...
...final entries in George Bernard Shaw's four-volume, 76-year-long correspondence present the master playwright bombinating into old age, dispensing unsolicited advice on every aspect of modern life from the flaws of the cinema to the indignities of sex. The first of a projected 20 volumes of Mark Twain's letters follows the literary apprentice -- at first still using his real name, Samuel Clemens -- as he flees Hannibal, Mo., to become a river pilot, then a journalist covering the gold-intoxicated frontiers of Nevada and California...
...before -- and dashed before. Alone, they have little more significance than smiles at a summit, and they can be just as deceptive and dangerous. But to the extent that the new attitudes reflect real reforms in Soviet society that shrink the basic differences between the two nations, they could mark a historic turning point in the cold war. That would be far more important than anything Reagan and Gorbachev might conjure up at a crowded conference table, or inside a cozy dacha...
...whose Vision company, based in Costa Mesa, Calif., pulled in over $30 million in revenue last year by making outstanding boards and a lot of good duds to go with them. "But every time around, the foundation and following of skateboarding keep getting stronger and broader." Down in Atlanta, Mark Lawrence, owner of Crazy Lou's Skateboards, is similarly optimistic. "Because of the skaters who've been around a while, the consensus is that this is no longer a fad," he says. "It's gotten to be a life- style...
...buoyant banditry of skateboarding can lead the law a merry chase. "To skateboard you've got to be aggressive, and you've got to be a little crazy," says Roger Mullen, 17, of Ventura, Calif. Law officers get heated up over potential noise, traffic, safety and property violations. Explains Mark Wynn, 12, who skates in Atlanta: "Cops always think you're tearing up places, and they're wrong . . . well, sorta." Police policy about skaters seems to have only one common denominator: chase 'em. In Chicago, authorities tell skaters to get off the sidewalk, while others tell them...