Word: phenomenons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...revelation touched off hot debate among scientists, and because most scholars reasoned that no known earthly phenomenon could explain the 26-million-year cycles astronomers quickly entered the picture...
...Reagan, said those polled, 58% to 24%. Who would be better in times of crisis? Reagan, 57% to 22%. Who is the more dynamic and exciting candidate? Again, no contest: 52% Reagan, 26% Mondale. Indeed, Mondale has stirred so little personal enthusiasm that his support is largely an "anti" phenomenon. No less than 47% of those who would vote Democratic today say their ballots would really be cast against Reagan rather than for Mondale. By contrast, 61% of those choosing the President say they are indeed "for" Reagan...
Tracking polls are quick surveys of small numbers of voters who have been polled previously that attempt to ascertain whether news events have changed their minds. Whether the results that so elated Mondale's staff will later be supported by more comprehensive polls and whether the phenomenon will last are open to question. Nonetheless, on the strength of the new data and the enthusiasm over the Ferraro candidacy, Mondale's planners now say they will make a much more extensive effort than originally intended in the South. At a meeting arranged by Lance between Ferraro and Southern Governors...
...broadening the gender gap into a chasm may be effective. In Virginia, after Ferraro's selection, women workers in day care centers began asking every parent to register and vote. In Alabama, Mondale campaign headquarters logged within hours 65 calls from women volunteers. But how widespread will this phenomenon be, how long will it last and to what ex- tent might it be offset by a backlash among men and more traditionalist women...
...much a talisman of the '50s as white socks and penny loafers. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd wore them in the movie The Blues Brothers, and in Terms of Endearment Jack Nicholson seemed to have Wayfarers grafted onto his face. They became a mass pop phenomenon when Tom Cruise hid himself behind a pair in Risky Business in 1983. As a result, says Paul Brickman, the movie's writerdirector, kids are buying attitude, a "street-bad kind of look." In 1981 Bausch & Lomb produced 18,000 Wayfarers. This year the company expects to sell 600,000. Notes...