Word: aficionados
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...taxis are also showing up in other Arab countries. Carbodies of Coventry, the British firm that produces about 2,500 of the cabs a month, has exported them to Kuwait and Lebanon. The classic vehicles also have admirers in the U.S., where some limousine companies operate them. Says one aficionado: "They're so ugly, it's almost romantic...
First among the horrors of indoor rowing are the ergometers, known to the aficionado as ergs. These, in two different configurations, measure an oarsman's strength by timing his effort against resistance. Teams use these mechanical nightmares throughout the year to gauge improvement and compare individual performances. They are an ongoing fact of crew, an unavoidable inconvenience...
Philip DeGuere is a television producer, a home-computer aficionado and a very brave man. Working with a Virginia-based computer data bank called the Source, DeGuere devised a way in which a Source subscriber can punch in a code and use his computer keyboard to sound off on the television program he is watching. Every man a critic! Bring back Lou Grant! "People want to talk back to their television sets," says the Source's Mike Rawl. DeGuere has already used his hookup for electronic feedback on Hill Street Blues and his own detective adventure, Simon & Simon...
Johnson continued to pursue interests outside sports, especially in music, which she describes as a "lifelong bobby." An aficionado of the flute who picked up the trombone "when my flute got stolen, because it made more noise," Johnson even managed to make a name for herself on the Harvard Band...
...year-old technique called telemarking-a turn of great difficulty-which offers balance to the free-heeled skier. One ski is extended beyond the other until the skier is crouching. The rear ski rudders the front one into the turns necessary for steep downhill flights. One aficionado calls it "genuflecting on the run." A new generation of skis, slightly wider than the usual touring model and metal-edged for downhill curve cutting, is doing a brisk business in sports shops. Telemarking classes have become standard fare at the larger touring centers. There are even the first North American Telemark Championships...