Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Today they are challenging all limits and proving they can succeed in virtually every sport. About 50,000 disabled Americans, from amputees and the blind to those with spinal-cord injuries or cerebral palsy, are taking up everything from cycling and scuba diving to rock climbing and rafting. That is still a small fraction of the 37 million handicapped in the U.S. But, declares Dave Kiley, 34, of Pomona, Calif., a star wheelchair-basketball player, "the traditional stereotype of passivity is broken...
...such aids become more sophisticated, many handicapped athletes have begun comparing their performances with those of their able-bodied competitors. But some people are concerned that the disabled may be pushing too hard, embracing activities such as rock climbing and marathon running that are extreme even for the healthy. Handicapped athletes have to expend up to 50% more energy in an event than the unimpaired...
...LOBOS: LA PISTOLA Y EL CORAZON (Warner Bros.). Nine Mexican songs, contemporized but not homogenized by an ace rock band. Roots music for everyone to share...
With high spirits and high technology, the disabled are proving that they can succeed at virtually every sport, from cycling and scuba diving to rock climbing and rafting...
...looking for home, and the song, fragile and heartrending, ends the record with unexpected quiet, and intimacy. It is a characteristically bold, even reckless move. Whatever was given up in 1987 remains a mystery, but it is clear, now, what U2 came away with -- the best live rock album ever made. The record, in every sense, of their lives...