Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...SURPRISING thing about Natty Gann is that despite its simplicity and predictability, the movie is neither dull nor unsatisfying. The movie moves fast, probably to retain the interest of young children. Jumping from a dog fight to a train ride with hobbos to an escape from railroad policemen, the film gives you little time to pop your bubblegum...
Some go to Widener Library to ride the steps, while others just cruise to class...
...American Medical Association gets its way, the Marlboro Man will have to ride off into the sunset for good. Last week the A.M.A.'s 371-member policymaking house of delegates voted almost unanimously to back a prohibition of all cigarette advertising. Such commercials have been forbidden on television and radio for the past 15 years, and the A.M.A. will now lobby to get Congress to extend the injunction to newspapers, magazines, billboards and even skywriting. The association would also prohibit ads for snuff and chewing tobacco. This sweeping ban is necessary, the doctors argue, because the health risks...
...health was notoriously erratic because they rode up and down with the latest fads. Example: Rubik's Cube, which lasted only one season, 1981-82. Now the toy firms want to grow large enough so that they can take part in several trends at once and get a smoother ride. Hasbro, Mattel and Coleco, the No. 3 toymaker, will account for about 35% of this year's industry revenues, compared with less than 15% five years ago. But these big firms now compete with a manic rivalry that resembles that of computer or soft-drink companies...
...gift broke, Nathan discovered that a good deed, even in New York, does not go unrewarded. "The manager of my hotel dragged me out of my room and told me I was going to have their best suite," he recounts. Later a cabbie told him that the ride was free. "Imagine!" exclaimed Nathan. "A New York cabdriver...