Green Run High School - Equus Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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i It's orld Cf Smiles And , BY FACES Christmas of 1983 would not have been the same with- out those crazy, cuddly, irre- sistable dolls, the Cabbage Patch Kids. These wonderful- ly hurnanlike dolls are made by Colerzo and are the first ol the post-industrial toys. This new invention means that, by being inacle on a computerized assembly line, it is possible to procliine one ol' a kind goods as easily as stanrlardized ones. liach one is an individual and is purcliaseml with a name, adoption papers and ri real birthinark. The dolls, which have a hoinely look, are said to he popular lor that one reason: then ugly looks. When they 50 tlnrrent livents were first put out in stores, people went to every extreme to get one for their children. Mall parking lots were jam- med during business hours, and some people waited in line up to 14 hours hoping to take one home. In the search for Cabbage Patch Dolls, fights ensued. Many people think it's worth it, but like Nichele Glos- sin states, Why pay S25 for something you can make at home for SS? - jennifer Acey Posing with her Cabbage Patch doll. Zeke, Michelle Stockton watches TV. OU gf E Thriller I'm really glad Thriller, record of the year, said Ia Sawasky. It really dese it, since it sold so mang Michael Iackson's latl album, Thriller, has sold: million copies, more than ' other solo album. It has e CBS records S120 million ' little more than a year, bu hasn't stopped thereg one ' lion copies are sold every days. The video of Thriller 51.2 million to make, and fl tures 14 minutes of dancil singing, and ghouls. To con! bute to the fright, Vince Price narrates part of the sol It has sold more than 300.0 copies in less than the months. The video is amazing said Michelle Sawasky. ' Although Billie lean was not love, Mich l I ks ' Thrilli ae ac on s album Beat It into the Guiness B1 of World Records. l w YR-Q i Q s,-gi

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TUR DIL , wie, of .igpfi tii A isfortune q. et the earth with a hollow i and awoke to the sight of ange world a world that ed like home but wasn't. rain fell in sprinkles as I ered my parachute and off my pack The field in h I landed was blissfully n and calm a strange place potted a small group of rades standing on the lder of an old dirt road. of them was Charlie, my nd from boot camp. I d the group which was d in silence and took my e among the ranks. e sergeant soon came ing out orders and check- ach man for their tools of h He checked my equip- t then paused and looked e with an evil glare as gh he had seen a speck of in my eye I tried to recoil return the face but I sud- y felt weak as though the k had turned into a brick o sooner had I felt the feel- than I realized that we under fire The sergeant bed me by the arm and W me into the ditch. I ly regained my thoughts, 1 turned onto my stomach eer over the edge of the h I saw men running from Jck while other men cov- Ji 13, s N .lf - 1 1' f 'i T I 1 Various magazines showed the American Marines in Lebanon and Grenada. ered their retreat. The sergeant shouted out for advancement, and I was very reluctant to leave the security of my ditch . . . but I did. I clumsily ran towards the abandoned enemy truck and went to one knee behind the front tire. I paused to rest when suddenly I felt something hit my back. In one swift move- ment I spun around and was on guard. I looked down in horror. There lay Charlie in the mud with a hole through his chest. His eyes gazed up into mine revealing his fear, terror, and pain. I was trans- fixed as though my own chest had been blown open. I cou1dn't shut my eyes or speak. Charlie was dead. A loud explosion on the other side of the truck caused me to turn to yet another hor- rid sight. The truck had been hit by mortar fire and was turn- ing over on me. I turned to run, but the truck was quicker. I felt its weight on my back as it drove my body hard into the ground. I looked up, - and there was Charlie laughing. You'll never make the first division if you can't even jump a stupid ditch, he said cack- ling. Hurry up, your mother is waiting for us. Still on my stomach, I looked behind me and saw a ditch complete with a long streak where I had tripped. I turned back to find Charlie running off into the wooded area of Fort Knox, where we went to boot camp. I jumped to my feet and began chasing him. Deeper into the forest I went, but Charlie was nowhere in sight. All around me I could hear the leaves shuffle behind his footsteps. I stopped and uillrril out liis iiaiiiirr, Init tliieri: was no ricjilv. 'l'lii: soiiiicl ol luis lootstirps rzeasutl, ziiiil tlii: wlioli: lrirust was ghostly quiet. All ol fi surl- den, I was striiclg willi tliie tremendous liesi r ol lifeiiig alone. I began running in jiiiiiir. and with each Step I took, tliuri: was an echoed pounding iii my brain. The forest was clos- ing in on me. Where was my escape? Suddenly there was a break in the forest, and I ran franti- cally for it, but just before I could reach it, an arm caught me by the shoulder. Iturned to see who it was, it was Charlie. With a stern look, he pointed to a field of crosses. There was a group of people gathered around two caskets. One was my mom and the others were my comrades. A coldness ran throughout my body, and I fell to my knees. Not I shouted at the top of my lungs. The loud buzz of my alarm clock caused me to quickly sit up in bed. With sweat on my face and tears rolling from my eyes, I sat there trembling. Could my dream come true? Had it come true for the sol- diers in Lebanon and Cre- nada? - Tony Arviola ivorce of the Ientur ll I U l ! : hired gunman. S . 7 I ! o As of january 1, 1984, Ma Bell was no more. The Bell sys- tem broke up into regional companies due to court order ruling on monopolies. The Bell system had been the big- gest monopoly in the history of the U.S. What this did was to make several smaller com- panies. The basic service is the same, but some prices have gone up, as some students have noticed. It's hard getting used to putting a quarter in the pay phone, said Bill Noyes, a sophomore. At the same time, Bell was breaking up, First and Mer- chants and Virginia National Banks were merging to form a larger statewide bank, Sovran. This gave customers more branches to utilize, but it did cause some problems. I have had problems with the change with my Navy allotment check, said Mrs. Sharer. No matter, the problems all will be ironed out in the end. Corporations will break up and merge. That's the system. That's America. - Matt Steed Chris lklacliinnon Current Events 49

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