Word: pasadena
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan and Andropov should be careful or they will be the last Men of the Year. Carlos Magallanes Pasadena, Calif...
...believed. Paul Fussell, 59, a Pasadena-born Anglophile and former professor of English at Rutgers, asserts that there are nine rigid castes in the U.S. They range from the out-of-sight rich living off capital in grand seclusion, to the destitute, who are also well hidden. In between are various levels of uppers, middles and "proles," Shaw's and Orwell's abbreviation of proletariat, now Fussell's gleefully derogatory term for blue-collar workers...
UPTON SINCLAIR Pasadena, Calif...
...most popular, and controversial, types of back-relief products is so-called gravity-inversion equipment, which began selling fast after Richard Gere was shown hanging heels over head in the 1980 film American Gigolo. Gravity Guidance of Pasadena, Calif., introduced the first inversion product: ankle straps now known as Gravity Boots (price: $60 to $84) that enable a sufferer to dangle from a chinning bar and relieve pressure on the spine. To go with the boots, the company sells steel-and-canvas support systems (up to $1,200) that hold users in a topsy-turvy position...
...first shelter for battered women opened in a private home in Pasadena, Calif., in 1964. There are now approximately 800 in the country. All of them have waiting lists, and the demand is staggering. The Y.W.C.A. alone has 210 shelter or service programs such as hot lines, safe-home networks and counseling programs in 30 states. From 1978 through 1980, the Y.W.C.A. sheltered 46,100 women and children and gave counseling to 50,000 women. But they estimate they cannot accommodate 80% of those who need assistance. In a new and ironic effort to provide more services, at least...