Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sundays along beautiful Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, it is not unusual to spot, among the lesser folk and the Hell's Angels, such celebrated motorcycle devotees as Sylvester Stallone, Lorenzo Lamas, Mickey Rourke and Gary Busey. Few wear helmets, since California is one of 28 states that do not require them for adults. Last week fate dealt Busey, 44, a blow that tragically called into question his vocal opposition to mandatory-helmet laws and renewed debate on the issue...
...Elementary School No. 9 on Leninakan's Gorky Street, "the earthquake killed children on the spot during their classes," said a correspondent for Komsomolskaya Pravda, the Communist youth newspaper. Police Sergeant Valeri Gumenyok and his men pulled 50 children's bodies from the wreckage of the building. The paper described an end-of-the-world scene of people huddled around bonfires, and roads out of the city clogged with fleeing residents. As workers tried to clear away fallen masonry, "you could hear the terrible cries of people waiting for help," wrote a reporter for Pravda, the Communist Party newspaper...
...give you a guest spot on "Miami Vice...
...Catching On: Another bright spot for the cagers has been the early-season play of Co-Captain Neil Phillips. Phillips, who only three weeks ago was catching passes for the varsity football team in The Game against Yale, seems to have gotten the hang of playing both basketball and football...
Wing Ted Donato, a sure star on any other club, is playing on the Crimson's third line. Donato has scored four goals and recorded 12 assists, which puts him in the fifth spot on the Harvard scoring chart...