Word: parker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...residences of its stars became more lavish too. There was the Hollywood Hotel, where Rudolph Valentino married Actress Jean Acker and spent his honeymoon. The Garden of Allah, which opened with an 18-hour party, was a haven for writers including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker...
First books became movies; then movies became books; now there are movies that have become video games. Parker Brothers is marketing a The Empire Strikes Back cartridge; a Raiders of the Lost Ark game will be out by December; and both Mattel and Bally are launching games inspired by Tron, a Disney Studios movie due out this summer. Bally is blitzing the arcades; Mattel is shipping more than 1 million Tron cartridges to dealers; and Disney Spokeswoman Hilary Clark says, "It's only the beginning." Indeed. Atari is developing a game called Krull, based on a movie that...
...participate in a sport. He was small at the time, and someone suggested he try out as a coxswain for the crew. "I really enjoyed it." Coxing, in fact, was one of the reasons Tsomides decided to attend Harvard. Almost everyone receives the form letter from rowing coach Harry Parker, but it usually does not arrive until after he's been admitted to the College. Tsomides, though, confesses his letter began "Dean Mr. Tsomides...
...seen hide or hair of Roger Tory Peterson, 73. America's foremost birder has been sequestered in his Connecticut studio updating A Field Guide to Western Birds. But with spring's arrival, Peterson ventured south to Texas to lead fellow Bird Experts Victor Emanuel, 41, Ted Parker, 29, and John Roulett, 38, in an effort to break the U.S. record for the most sightings in a 24-hour period. Says Peterson: "I had the best eyes and ears in Texas with me." There are some 550 species in the state. Racing from site to site by foot...
Nevertheless, some theoretical chinks remain. According to "Parker's Limit," a theory developed by University of Chicago Astrophysicist Eugene Parker, monopoles would draw energy from nearby magnetic fields as they traveled through the galaxy. Cabrera's one event in only 185 days is a very high rate of detection. It suggests that there are many more monopoles zipping around than our galaxy's magnetic field can properly support...