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

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l l orld Cf Big Heartbreaks s Victory ks as though a lot of work s done just to create the ke up alone lthough Beat It won g of the year Billie jean s chosen for the Pepsi com rcials Michael Iackson stars It was while filming one of se commercials that explo es set the back of his hair on e Though no serious dam was done he was in the spital for awhile Due to this yury it was speculated ether or not he would pear at the Grammy awards t he was there and walked ay with eight awards henever the sales of Thrll decrease a new album ctory, is ready but what else n Michael Iackson conquer er the Guiness Book of orld Records eight Grammy ards and a personal fortune more than S50 million? Natalie Martin li ,,.-sc' Real life portrayals of the now- famous Wendys Commercials even Mafia ii' Kan 751 xr' :VH rf' if U fu sum i MM 'T MNH mfmnfs f M - 'r'+---- ' ,, A the current British invaders are were something new in the sixties. ometlung new today the Beatles 5 Q ' 9, I n l , as as 1 as - - as 1: ' - l' I . .-A , sv' ' its r. V Q 3 33 'A . . , v A f I l Y. , 4, V , o ' ' 'Z ,. , l . . . P . , 1 , v -653 I , ,15 5 , ,'...-if -a V. Y?-,--tim V .Ar l . . ' r 1 W s ,. 'qs . yr' vw r 9 , ., n . ' ' ' .5 - ' A ' ' . aw W, aff 4 . , f- at ,. -- ff, ,f 'i 'a 2. . .11 ' fag, 'YP '-' I ' ' - -, a' ' J 1 ' wa., 4' 1 . f , . . ,- . i 4 '84 5 1. , - l 3 nzx . , ,. Q in is , H f' ,, ' , -Y vi, ' i ,bf ,.,- 3, , , ,Yr fn. . Q t x I, 5., , ,N , - ,v gh yX K 8 4' 41 P FM H fi '. 1 . t W, f in r t ,Y 1 J , ,J n 5. Q ' , NX I 1 KK 2 . ' y I ,, .Q Q ft It 1 , z. L4 'Q 'A ,xx fyf' lv., J, , M, jg? .. . , : : Yr 13.3 wp K ,. 1 X 4 2 1 vi., l Q El 1 'V 'l 'H AH 8 'Q ' , A s s 1 N M 14 Q A I, , ' 5 ff, 4-, If - . I - 4 - - JUL 2' L I 4,Y a '?'? , 1' ,, A 33-J. ah fv' 7, , U ' 'biz I . . - as g . ,, . . . s in. 'QI . 11:5 A. , Q f J - ' ,. :ms t 1 , . f r ' I1 I V :QHI1 l ' - - 1 - 1.4 1--aa-:sw V--M . ' ' ' as ' n ' - 9 ' U ' 1 Y ! . , , appear in our num cafeteria It was twenty years ago to- a . . . starts one of the Bea- tles songs Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band . Febuary 7 1984 marked the 20th anniversary of the arrival of four British lads in America. Iohn Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison and Ringo Starr better known as the Bea- tles This arrlvalstarted Beat- lemania the phrase coined to describe the overtaking of America by the Beatles. The phenomenon lasted until April 10 1970 when the group broke up. Now twenty years later a new British invasion has over- taken America again. The only difference this time is what it is called' Punk New Wave The Beef This year's number one commercial was the Wendy's Commercial involving a man, in a rival hamburger place, searching for the meat in his hamburger under the lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, ketchup, etc., and asking meekly, Where's the beef? Then, of course, he goes to Wendy's to get a real hamburger - beef and all. All across America, the cry was picked up. Everywhere old and young voices could be heard asking, Where's the beef? Sometimes, though, they weren't joking. For example, Paul Sprouse, a senior who works at Wendy's, relates the following experience: A cus- tomer came up to me and asked, 'Where's the beef?' I said, 'You've got to be kid- ding? but he was right. I had forgotten to put the beef in the hamburger! - Chris MacKinnon W RP New Rock, or whatever. Such groups as Culture Club, Duran Duran and The Eurhythmics have made a big hit in the U.S. Like their predecessors, the Beatles, the new groups have brought with them new ways of dressing and new hair styles. Everything from Boy George's flowing braided hair to Annie L.ennox's short cropped orange hair. The British have always had a strong foothold on American music. New Waves of Brit- ish rock flood America every so often. There have been two tidal waves in the past twen- ty years, what will the next twenty years bring? - Natalie Martin Current Events 51

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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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