Word: wind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Louis to Saint-Tropez, people who used to ride sailboats or surfboards-or would not be caught on either -are trying something that combines the best of both: windsurfing, a fast-growing sport that makes the practitioner a part of his boat as he holds the sail, and the wind, in his hands...
...Long Island Sound, on San Francisco Bay, on rivers and lakes across the country, wind-surfers are multiplying like lily pads. Industry officials figure there are some 25,000 of them out there, or twice as many as last year. Hardy souls in Boston don wet suits and climb aboard their boards as soon as the ice breaks on the Charles River, and during the Fourth of July festivities, half a dozen wind-surfers participated in a race through New York harbor. Wind-surfing championships will be held this fall in Clearwater, Fla., with competition in such categories as slalom...
They do without and put off having families while the wife works full time to make ends meet. Last year almost half of all home buyers were families with two incomes. Says Patti Garmel, a Los Angeles real estate agent: "I think some people wind up looking at four walls because they can't afford to go to a movie...
When they get there, they might want to switch on the experiments left behind by the Apollo astronauts. Sending data back to earth about moonquakes, solar wind levels, and so on, they were still operating in September 1977 when it was decided that we couldn't afford to pick up the signals. So the instruments were turned off. Only a few scientists were upset; no one else cared one way or the other. Welcome to the Space...
Ever since the release of Howlin' Wind in 1976, Parker has stalked the big time, collecting delirious reviews but staying an arm's length away from the top of the charts and the kind of record sales that are commemorated with albums cast in semiprecious elements. Just last spring, with a new record company behind him, Parker released one of the year's best albums, Squeezing Out Sparks, and set out on two bruising cross-country concert tours to rally fans and baptize some new converts. His style of total-immersion rock is a salubrious shock...