Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Aimed at "deliberate" litterers, 18-to-34-year-old men who are unmoved by threats or appeals to civic duty, the "Don't Mess" theme has struck a chord with Texans' sense of defiant pride during tough times. Celebrities such as Guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds rock group have appeared in radio and TV spots, and the slogan is being proclaimed on bumper stickers, T shirts and even beer-can holders. Best of all, the campaign works: a research-agency survey found that after nine months, litter had been reduced a remarkable...
...participants to recount the major events that followed the 1954 Supreme Court decision outlawing school segregation. Names and episodes parade by like battles in a familiar military campaign: Rosa Parks' refusing to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery bus, nine black students' trying to attend high school in Little Rock, the murder of Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers and the 1963 march on Washington...
Programming is so important that a New Age breed of crystal therapists has sprung up to teach the uninitiated how to harness their rock power. Brett Bravo, 54, who was raised a strict Methodist in Texas, left organized religion in l975 to follow her "evolutionary spiritual path" to Solana Beach, Calif., where she conducts weekly seminars on how to program crystals. In a $45 one-day session, participants learn to cure ailments, erase negativity and recharge energy stores. "The way the stones heal," claims Bravo, "is by man's electrical field combining with the crystal's electromagnetic field. This affects...
...MATTERHORN IS the best ride in Disneyland. That's what I thought when I discovered the phantasmal bobsled journey through the mountain of rock and ice, on my first visit to the Magic Kingdom. My first trip to California at age 12 was a lot like my favorite ride--a blur of all things wondrous and exciting. After I left the Golden State, I vowed to move there as soon as I grew up. For the seven years since then, the state always conjured up visions of sun and surf, stucco and success...
When I went to Disneyland, I noticed that the Matterhorn was made of synthetic rock and plastic ice. The snow on top of the mountain was really paint. I heard the rollercoaster mechanism groan under the weight of the moving bobsled, and I glimpsed electrical wiring behind the abominable snowman in the middle of the mountain. But like the ranches, from far off the Matterhorn looked as good as I remembered...