Word: rocks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Romer, the Governor of Colorado, which promotes its slopes and scenery to tourists worldwide, said the state would accept "full responsibility" for the tragedy, including what are likely to be substantial payments for damages. "The road should have been closed," he said, "or the rock should not have been moved...
...crazy over his silver hair, his B-movie-star face, his phosphorescent white suit -- the whole look so neat, so sensible, so . . . Phil Donahue -- and the sublimely silly uses to which he put them. Phrases like "Well, excuuuuuse me!" and "Naaaah!" became schoolyard mantras, and his concerts were eliciting rock-idol squeals. "He was performing to audiences of up to 20,000," recalls David Letterman, the late-night commissar of '80s comedy. "I think that's a record for a stand-up comedian in peacetime." In 1978 Martin recorded a gag disco tune called King Tut; it sold more than...
Before the Los Angeles Olympics, Lewis had expressly set out to become a U.S. celebrity on the order of Rock Star Michael Jackson, and in an ironic way he made it. While he won four gold medals, Lewis won few hearts, and the 29- ft. 2 1/2-in. long jump of Bob Beamon has stayed beyond him. "To me, winning and losing was never a big deal," he says now. "I enjoy competing; I enjoy training. I've had a lot of good memories in sport. If nothing more was to happen, I don't think I could complain...
...arctic-alpine tundra, encompassing 3,000-year-old bristlecone pines, glacial lakes and one of the continent's southernmost permanent ice fields. As recently as 10,000 years ago, bowl-like cirques in the park's mountains were sculpted by glaciers, which left in their wake gray carpets of rock known as taluses...
...current boom is something new. TV has clearly played a major role, giving comedians national exposure and drawing on them for starring roles in sitcoms and Saturday Night Live. The intimacy between comic and audience, moreover, may be especially appealing in an age of high-tech movies and supersize rock concerts. Or it may simply be that the instant gratification of one-liners is perfectly suited to the short attention span of the TV-educated '80s audience. "If you go to a comedy play, a certain amount of time is lost setting up the plot or characters," notes Bert Haas...