Word: sierras
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Critics of the test note that the magazine quaffed the fresh-tasting stuff from the Sierra Nevada snowmelt rather than the sometimes foul-smelling brew from the groundwater basins of the San Fernando Valley. While the report has gratified local officials, it has perturbed others. Says Sy Linden, co-owner of a Santa Monica appliance store: "This story is killing my water-purifier business...
...comes as a surprise to see photos of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Yosemite National Park used in ads tout ing Rockwell International's weapons systems. But critics are outraged that the photos are classic works by the late Ansel Adams, an ardent environmentalist who opposed the proliferation of nuclear weapons. In one of the ads, which have appeared in leading aerospace trade journals, Rockwell declared that its B-1B bomber was an "American asset" like the Sierra Nevada...
Toronto Blue Jays reliever Mark Eichhorn finished third with 23 points on a 5-3-1 basis, while outfielder Cory Snyder of the Cleveland Indians totaled 16. Danny Tartabull of the Seattle Mariners wound up with four points and Ruben Sierra of the Texas Rangers...
Snyder, who played in 103 games for the Indians, hit 24 homers with 69 RBI and batted .272. Sierra batted .264 with 16 homers and 55 RBI. Tartabull had 25 homers and 96 RBI while batting...
They had nothing in common, really, except the sport. LeMond had grown up in affluence on the California beaches and the snowy slopes of the Sierra Nevada. At 14, he took to cycling to build up his legs for skiing. But that winter it did not snow, and so an obsession was born. In the U.S., cycling is what kids do after Santa Claus brings them a bike and before they get their driver's license. Few of them are aware that the sport's greatest heroes race in teams and can make as much as a star quarterback...