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Bicycles Recapture Americans Fancy and Fashion
Washington reports a bicycle boom with about 67 million cyclists in the United States. Suburban shops sell millions more bikes as lightweight foreign racers and 10 speed gears define the era. The League of American Wheelmen has about 5 000 members as cycling becomes a status symbol and fitness pursuit. Paris notes rising horse meat imports as France struggles with declining horse populations.
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