Word: watered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Come summertime, there are two kinds of water people. There are the swimmers, surfers, scullers and sailors, who take to the sea under their own power or at the wind's mercy. And then there are those who harness horsepower, turn a key and roar across the waves. The naval battles between the two types have gone on for years, as sailboats topple in the wakes of motorboats. But this year the most visible -- and audible -- combatant promises to be one of the smallest and peskiest of them all: the "personal watercraft," better known by Kawasaki's trademark Jet Skis...
...skis are small, engine-driven craft that scoot across the water. Like their landbound cousins, motorcycles and snowmobiles, they are quick, maneuverable, noisy and a rush to ride. Costing $4,000 on average, the scooters can reach speeds of 40 m.p.h. Sales are believed to have doubled since 1984, and there are now over 200,000 personal watercraft in use from coast to coast...
...died. In Arizona a baby girl sitting at the shoreline was washed along the rocks when a skier sent his wake crashing her way; she required 130 stitches. On Easter Sunday at Miami's Hobie Cat Beach, a nine- year-old boy was caught in the path of a water-scooter race; he died the next day. The skiers themselves suffer many of the injuries. Last summer a ski buff was killed when he hit a seawall...
...Well -- older, anyway," she says with a smile, pressing cordobas on him as he swishes greasy water over the simple concrete marker...
...Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, a longtime friend. When at home, she is driven to the paper's run-down plant each morning in a blue Toyota jeep. In her air- conditioned office, she puts her feet up to relieve her painful osteoarthritic condition. And, constantly sipping ice water, she scans editorials, signs checks and reviews digests of news events...