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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gary Ramus, owner of Roller Power, said yesterday his business has been booming since he opened five weeks ago. He said he had enjoyed skating last year in California so much he decided to open a store in Massachusetts: "Boston and Cambridge were ready for something new, a new form of exercise, a new way of getting high." He added that while the mechanics of roller wheels and bearings are related to those of skateboards, the sport itself is completely different. Skateboarding appeals more to young daredevils, but everyone can enjoy rollerskating. Since most people skate as children, they...
Demonstrators had visited the $1.5 billion plant, which the Long Island Lighting Co. (LILCO) plans to open in December 1981, before. In 1978, 40 were arrested in a similar, but much smaller, occupation attempt. At the time, the organizers--the SHAD (Sound/Hudson Against Atomic Development) Alliance--had informed police of the details beforehand, where and when protestors would go over the fence. But SHAD modified its tactics, trying to preserve some element of surprise, and Suffolk County police did not find out about plans for the occupation until a deputy commissioner picked up a leaflet when he went...
...around the temple's foundation. To their astonishment, the scientists stumbled upon a nobleman's grave with gold artifacts, some 1,000 years more recent than the temple. Soon they located six nearby graves of similar vintage, all between 100 B.C. and A.D. 100. Each contained an open, raised wooden coffin wrapped in fabric adorned with small gold and silver discs. The skeletal remains -four men and two women, aged 25 to 60 -had even more gleaming adornments...
...regard the European thing as a difference of opinion," said Bond. "People look at the same evidence and come to different conclusions. I have tried not to be critical of them. But I guess there are still open questions in my own mind that have not been resolved...
...group, now flourishing, is sponsoring and performing in its own festival, called Basically Bach. Inspired by Lincoln Center's long established Mostly Mozart festival, the twelve-day event is complete with buttons, T shirts (I AM A BACH BACKER), lectures, concerts, organ recitals at various churches, and free open-air performances by brass ensembles. The conductor watches concertgoers stream into Avery Fisher Hall and happily ponders the leap from his dining room...