Word: taco
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some industry analysts on Wall Street believe changing customer tastes and growing competition will mean the end to the fast-food boom. Says Roger Lipton, head of restaurant research for Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co.: "What America doesn't need is another hamburger or taco stand. The days of the industry's phenomenal profits and unlimited growth potential are gone...
...expected pitching duel between Valenzuela, "the Mexican taco," and Yankee flame-thrower Dave Righetti did not develop, as both young pitchers were ragged and wild in the early innings. Dodger third baseman Ron Cey pulled a Righetti fastball deep into the left field bleachers in the first inning for a three-run homer, and Bob Watson, who has been hitting the cover off the ball all series, responded for the Yankees with a solo shot off a hang screwball by Valenzuela in the second...
...planes do tend to shape their owners' lifestyle, though. "When your husband asks you out to dinner," says Jan Carlsen, a resident of Cameron Airpark, "you don't have to go to the local Taco Bell; you can go to the Carson City Taco Bell." By plane it would be about a half-hour hop; by car, more than two hours, some of it over difficult mountain roads...
...city is spread out like a vast semi-subrub. Driving through Los Angeles is like driving through an endless stretch of Somerville; it's noisy and hectic and you keep waiting for the suburbs to appear, but they never do. Everything is made out of stucco. Stucco banks, stucco taco joints, stucco supermarkets and stucco homes...
...satiated with sun, sand, alcohol and the smell of your fellow sun lovers crammed into that Duster for all those hours. But it will have been worth it--the tan alone would be enough; the frisbee games, margaritas and girl you met in Daytona are extra cheese in the taco...