Word: summered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year and a half, first-seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia and Connecticut stirs minimal conversation at Wimbledon. His aversion to grass is as well known as its aversion to him, but doubts about Lendl run much deeper than the surface. Breaking through against McEnroe at the U.S. Open last summer seems to have brought him only slightly more confirmation than doing it at the French the year before. Maybe McEnroe, 27, is missed by Lendl, 26, most of all. Without a definitive adversary, his achievements are vaguely undefined and his profile subtly incomplete. "Lendl is a great server...
...atmosphere of protest that the House of Representatives two weeks ago passed a bill calling for a ban on all U.S. trade with South Africa, except for strategic minerals necessary for national defense. In the Senate, a milder bill is expected to pass later in the summer...
With gasoline prices low and fears of terrorism and radioactive fallout abroad relatively high, U.S. drivers are expected to hit the road in record numbers in 1986. In its latest survey, the American Automobile Association forecasts that some 95 million Americans will take auto trips this summer, an 8% increase over 1985. Many of those motorists are bound to indulge in a familiar American pastime: avoiding speed traps. Indeed, U.S. drivers in ever increasing numbers are turning for help in that unsporting effort to one of the hottest of automobile accessories, the miniature radar detector...
When writing his steely, intensely violent mysteries, the novelist who is otherwise known as Evan Hunter (The Blackboard Jungle, Last Summer) calls himself Ed McBain. Fans have learned that the McBain byline promises wit, shrewd plotting and downbeat realism, but also allows for great variety. His 47th and 48th books demonstrate that range. Cinderella is a gem of sting and countersting among a prostitute, a gay hairdresser, a Latin American drug king, a Mafioso, his brutal brother, and assorted innocents who get hurt. The action keeps up until the final sentence. Another Part of the City is a thriller about...
...gelatin-band method of sealing may soon become widespread. Last week Warner-Lambert, a drug company that is also the world's leading supplier of two-piece capsules, announced that it would use a method of fusing the capsules similar to Lilly's in manufacturing its product line. This summer SmithKline has begun using the gelatin band in its Contac and Teldrin capsules...