Word: neon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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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...
Harvard is not known for its fun in the sun.Summer School offers few opportunities to spreadon neon pink sunscreen and fewer chances to playan intense game of sand volleyball. But thesituation isn't hopeless. There are escapes whenthe Charles River just isn't enough.CrimsonDavid E. RosenRevere Beach is only a hop, skip and a jumpaway...
...gender reversals among the cast. Actress Cori Lynn Peterson is cast as boy mechanic Billy Biker, Stranger's sidekick. Japanese Mr. Yamarama is played by Bryan Van Gorder, a white actor. "Frank" and "Hank" (Sarah Sidman and Vonnie Roemer) are two valley-girl types wearing black sunglasses and neon bolero tops...
...This neon-walled store is also the best place to pick up mainstream and underground rock magazines. On one shelf you can find the latest issues of Rolling Stone and Creem as well as more specialized journals like Eat Your Skin and Spiral Scratch...
Perhaps this year's hottest-selling summer fun item, the Super Soaker looks like a neon machine gun and can shoot a stream of water up to 50 feet; the largest size, Super Soaker 200, holds two liters of water...