Word: sections
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example: "the reading of the sports section is a tribal rite of passage for men, indicating that they, too, will take their place among the armchair major leaguers and couch/potato homerun hitters." Being a boy who has no interest in sports, I found the tone of the piece simplistic and sexist in its generalizations about...
...most problematic section called for a ban on "encouraging or supporting rebellious activities" -- wording that was clearly aimed at stopping the flow of U.S. weaponry through Pakistan to the mujahedin, the Afghan resistance forces. That provision has been a source of contention between the superpowers for many weeks. The Soviets refused to cut off their arms supplies to President Najibullah, the leader Moscow installed in Kabul in 1986. Washington insisted on "symmetry," the right to arm the mujahedin as long as Moscow helped Kabul, and two weeks ago Moscow grudgingly agreed...
Only a few years ago, Disney's animation department had been almost totally neglected. But now the upbeat morale in the section is as palpable as the aroma of popcorn coming from the popper in the lobby. Disney employs an animation staff of 261, up from 184 four years ago. Says Roy Disney, who serves as chief of animation: "We hired a lot of young, inexperienced people in the early 1980s and did a lot of on-the-job training. I'd say that two- thirds of all the really talented people in the field are here." Despite the help...
Booth calls the bikers who take up motorcycling in their middle-aged years the "mid-life crisis" cyclists, who make up another section of his bike photography. They are "people who've never ridden before and are now in their 40s and 50s with [the] disposable time and income to take up motorcycling," he says. "They are the type of people who might buy a motorhome, but now they buy a motorcycle...
Booth, who teaches a section of an introductory photography course here, says he "became involved with [motorcycles] in the 1950s, when the only ones around were European. It was not a popular pastime. To ride one you had to have a certain amount of athletic ability and mechanical skill...