Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Monk made a clutch third-down catch in overtime. Chip Lohmiller hit the field goal to win the game. The Redskins were winners again...
When Helen Reddy belted out her 1972 hit, she had no idea it would pump up women. Not only did the song become the unofficial anthem of the feminist movement, but women and girls seemed to take the words literally and headed off to the gym. In the two decades since, female attitudes toward fitness and athletics have undergone a vigorous shake-up. Across the country, women are working out, running hard, even pumping iron. And they are doing it not just to look attractive but also to gain strength and a sense of self-sufficiency. They have discovered...
...take care of themselves. They have no respect for their elders and no obligation to their kids." These "animalescents," as other prisoners sometimes call them, often squabble among themselves. "There are a lot of fights," says Rikers inmate Arlethea M., 18. "They throw the phone at each other and hit people on the head with an iron...
...scared to call it a gay-bashing at the time. I tried to explain my severely broken nose--a visible injury that required surgery three times and still causes me pain--as a "mugging" even though nothing was taken and they called me "fag" as they hit...
...more this season. A combination of forces is to blame: the weak U.S. dollar, an April frost in France's Champagne region and an effort by vintners to increase profits. During the past decade, French champagne producers pitched their product to the masses and succeeded so well that sales hit a record 250 million bottles last year, up 75% since 1982. Thinking they had priced the bubbly too cheaply, vintners are raising wholesale prices 20% or more. But some champagne makers fear that the trend may price French brands out of the party market, since consumers can turn...