Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Because of their fears, millions of Americans are arming themselves. "We're getting a lot of nice upper-class couples who are buying pistols," says James Bell Jr., vice president of Bell's Gun and Sport Inc. in Franklin Park, Ill. "They're even getting his-and-her guns." About 40% of Bell's clientele are female?young working women as well as elderly widows. Other weapons favored by frightened women: the old-fashioned hatpin, a tear-gas capsule, a can of oven cleaner (which contains...
...addition to their daily four-mile run, all of the division's men attend courses in tae kwon do, a Korean version of karate, for three months, and many volunteer for more. They are also required to play some physically demanding sport like "combat football," a game combining the most crunching elements of soccer, rugby and football...
...newspaper, largest morning daily in France, has been wracked since March by periodic strikes of a heavily Communist printers' union, the Fédération du Livre. The strikes were inspired by layoffs ordered by the proprietor, Emilien Amaury (who also owns the lucrative sport newspaper L 'Equipe). Because Le Parisien Libéré, like most French papers, was having financial problems, Amaury announced early this year that he would cut the payroll by some 300 employees, including 200 printers. After a series of walkouts, the printers finally took over two Le Parisien...
...most amateurs, the charm of getting there, or getting no place in particular, without gas fumes or hassle or special training, is what canoeing is all about-and why it has become one of the fastest-growing sports in the U.S. The output of canoes, which has doubled in the past four years, shows no sign of being dented by recession or inflation; overall growth of the sport is estimated at 20% per year...
While organized white-water racing is an exciting, dangerous sport still in its infancy-the first U.S. championships were held in 1958-the great majority of canoeists are typically unexercised Americans who seek a maximum of relaxation with a minimum of risk. Though the hundreds of canoeing clubs in the U.S. schedule an increasing number of races, drifting trips and other mass events, the average weekend canoeist seems to be an independent soul who prefers to stay far from the paddling crowd. Says Dave Carleson, who manufactures, rents and sells canoes in Portland, Ore.: "Most people want to enjoy...