Word: solidities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When urethane wheels, which give a smooth ride and solid traction, began to be used around 1973, the streets turned into open thrasher territory, and there were pressures brought to institutionalize the sport. Says George Powell, president of the Santa Barbara-based Powell Corp., which makes the coveted Powell-Peralta skateboards: "People who had power in the industry tried to make skating a Little League sport. But kids want skating to be their sport, not their parents'." Skateboarding languished until it burnished its outlaw image anew. Now "skaters are the punk rockers of the sport set," says Thrasher Editor Kevin...
With Reagan at the helm, many other influential Republicans are afraid to stand up for civil rights. Republican Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole has a civil rights record so solid that it won praise from Coretta Scott King. But when Reagan and the Moral Majority lobbied against the Civil Rights Restoration Act, Dole fled to Wisconsin in a futile attempt to attract voters and dodge the issue...
Yohe turns in a solid day--187 yards passing--but is outplayed by Princeton signalcaller Jason Garrett, who throws for 272 yards...
April 16, 1988: Over the weekend, the baseball team captures three of four games against Brown and Yale. Freshman Aron Allen goes 10-for-12 on the weekend. The pitching is solid. Harvard seems destined to play a role in the EIBL pennant race...
...TIME's point of view, says Assistant Managing Editor Richard Duncan, who oversees the magazine's role in the series, "it was a natural, a story we've been covering closely for decades." When the Reagan- Gorbachev summit opens in Moscow on May 29, the show will have a solid news...