Word: workouts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Young women desiring to disrobe in public were forced to go high tech. Isabelle Solar, chief ornament of the French soft-core epic Joan, could be seen on the closed-circuit hotel TV network slipping into a steamy bubble bath. In other respects, Cannes voyeurism may be entering the Workout '80s. The town summoned its largest turnout of gawkers for a midnight chorus line of musclewomen from the American documentary Pumping Iron...
Question: What do the following have in common? The Sears, Roebuck Mail Order Catalog. Collected Poems 1947-1980 of Allen Ginsberg. Elvis, by Albert Goldman. Jane Fonda's Workout Book. Iacocca. The Butter Battle Book, by Dr. Seuss. The Rand McNally Road Atlas. The Union of Concerned Scientists' The Fallacy of Star Wars. An eclectic selection of summer reading? Not quite. They are among the 313 books chosen by a committee of ten literary figures for an exhibition at the Moscow International Book Fair called "America Through American Eyes...
...relieves stress by releasing endorphins, chemicals that calm the nervous system. Many people drink to relieve stress, says John Bagshaw, a University of California associate professor of medicine, but they often cut down consumption or quit entirely when they begin an exercise program. Reason: the endorphins released by a workout preclude the need for alcohol. Tapering off for health reasons may be an enduring trend for an aging and sedentary population. "We're becoming a nation of clerks," says Megatrends Author John Naisbitt. "Over 70% of us process information; if we don't take care of our bodies...
...punk rocker intruding on an at home at Lady Astor's. Producer- Director George Butler catches many weirdly poignant moments, backstage and onstage, from a sport in which women declare their sexual independence by miming the physical self-absorption of the male jock. It's like a Jane Fonda workout carried to the edge of absurdity...
...despite touching up pitch Gerri Rubin for 13 hits, Maine couldn't manage to defeat the Crimson. Rubin picked up her sixth victory of the season after a bit of a workout--she threw 98 pitches over the course of the ballgame...