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...year ago Robin faced Teresa in an arm-wrestling match in Atlanta. Teresa's slam dislocated Robin's shoulder. "It's all in the technique," Teresa says, fluttering her lashes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Lock Up! And the Pulse Pounds | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...most arm wrestlers, like those at the Candy Store, are not flamboyant. They tend to be the kind of men, and women, who use Boraxo to get their hands clean after a hard day's work. Often they work at physically demanding jobs, and they only appreciate sports that are physically demanding, like arm wrestling. They are big-bellied, long-haul truck drivers in dark blue Levi's and cowboy boots; gym owners in muscle T shirts; car mechanics in soiled khaki uniforms; skinny blond boys who work as bag boys at Publix; and occasionally they are pretty, olive-skinned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Lock Up! And the Pulse Pounds | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...come from a typical Italian family," says Teresa. "My mother wanted me to teach dancing. The first year I arm wrestled she wouldn't speak to me. Now she's proud of all my trophies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Lock Up! And the Pulse Pounds | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

Teresa doesn't date arm wrestlers, she says. She prefers "executive types," so she can wear silk dresses. She is the kind of girl that Robin Whiting, a 29-year-old massage therapist, would call a "frilly." Robin is a very muscular 5 ft. 2 in., 145 lbs., and she used to be a body builder. "I quit," she says, "because I couldn't smile at the judges like all the other frillies did. In arm wrestling, the judges don't determine the winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Lock Up! And the Pulse Pounds | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...Partly," he says. "But it's also my wife. She runs around town until all hours of the night. She's hardly ever pregnant anymore. And she beats me at arm wrestling. It's a bitch...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: The Windsor War | 10/31/1987 | See Source »

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