Word: person
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...married in a small ceremony in 1971, the Keels "weren't thrilled" by the union, says Kaija. "I was very mad at them for a while, but now that I'm a parent, I can understand. They were worried about me going off so young with a crazy person with no money...
...town in eastern California. To support his growing brood, he took a job delivering antique furniture between acting and music gigs. By the early '70s, Olmos was landing small parts on shows like Kojak and Hawaii Five-O, often as bartenders and two-bit hooligans. "I was the only person Jack Lord shot in the back, ever," he notes dryly. "That's how bad I was." Then in 1978, during an audition for a play at Los Angeles' Mark Taper theater, he was asked if he would like to try out for Zoot Suit, Luis Valdez's musical drama about...
...good writer, but her character and personality really made her stand out in the interview," Cicero. "She has charisma that makes her a little bit special. Everyone we talked to about Julie indicated that she is much better than your average person...
...while residential conservation is desirable, it cannot accommodate the West's urban growth. To save enough water for their projected 33% population leap over the next two decades, Californians would have to cut per-person consumption by one-third, an unprecedented feat of discipline by U.S. standards...
...many children were born right after the war and so few after 1964 that the pay-as-you-go system threatened to collapse when the boomers retired. In the first half of the next century there will be only two workers to pay benefits for every retired person. The solution: create a reserve by raising the payroll bite for Social Security from 5.4% in 1983 to 6.06% in 1988. Thus, for the first time, today's workers will pay part of their own retirement as well as that of their parents...