Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guide for citizen action against pornography. The text includes suggestions on how to conduct a "court watch" program ("Citizens . . . will write to the prosecutor, judge or police officer and relay their opinions of the investigation, prosecution and disposition of the case") and how to monitor the lyrics of rock music ("Many popular idols of the young commonly sing about rape, masturbation, incest, drug usage, bondage, violence, homosexuality and intercourse...
Scientists say that the American prairie was born of circumstances unique in the world. Unlike the pampas of Argentina or the South African veld, the North American prairie was molded in part by continental glaciers, which enriched the earth with a deep base of pulverized rock. "The original prairie soils are fluffy, loamy, aerated, and that contributes to amazing productivity," says John Madson, author of Where the Sky Began, a natural history of the prairie. The Rockies govern the climate, forcing the prevailing winds that blow off the Pacific to give up moisture and continue eastward too dry to nourish...
Midwest Reporter Michele Donley, who covered the story in Chicago, found today's nuptials a bit more starchy than her own 1983 ceremony, which featured a rock-'n'-roll band composed of editors and reporters from a local newspaper. "I'm delighted to learn that brides and bridegrooms rather than their mothers are deciding what their weddings will be like. How else could it be their day?" she said. "The return to tradition beats the days of getting married in swimming pools, but I fear some of this emphasis will turn the wedding into a lock-step series of events...
...their own frequent accounts in the public prints, the Lloyds are prone to slight disagreements. He has liked rock music; she has liked a rock musician. But they differ on nothing else quite as much as tennis. To Chris, "It's in your blood, putting something on the line every day. It's a great feeling when you win. And when you lose, I think you're wiser." But the Englishman she married in 1979 never regarded tennis as a blood sport or a life. While Chris expressed eagerness even for practice, John had to admit, "It was such...
...tracks were typical of dinosaurs, not humans, and that the tracks widened at the front more than human prints would. It was not until later, Kuban recalls, that he noticed toeprints, outlined in the same bluish-gray material that helps distinguish the tracks from the tan-ivory surrounding rock. Further study revealed similar tracks, but with distinct toeprints...