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...dancing, we're not talking about the occasional night out. Terry, a strategic-planning consultant, and Leilani, a dietitian, spend 20 hours a week taking lessons and rehearsing the waltz, fox trot, tango and quickstep. They hone their moves so they can participate in about 10 different ballroom-dancing competitions a year. It's an endeavor that costs $6,000 annually, mostly spent on travel and numerous gowns and tuxedos that have been hand stitched for their outings. They have even built a 20-ft. by 30-ft. ballroom addition to their two-bedroom, ranch-style home in Millburn...
...Vineys aren't the only adrenaline-fueled boomers who have taken to the ballroom circuit. Scores of others have been lured to the dance floor by the thrill of the competition, the beauty of the dance and the glamorous costumes that take them back to the bygone era of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. A nationwide renewed interest in classic dances like swing, salsa and tango has attracted many new competitors to the sport, says Ken Richards, director of promotions and publicity for the U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association (USABDA...
About 45% of the adult ballroom-dancing competitors are 50 and over. Their numbers have increased 100% in the past five years, according to Tom Murdock, vice president of marketing and promotion for Arthur Murray International, based in Coral Gables, Fla., which operates 145 dance studios in the U.S. Whether competing in the tango, waltz or swing, boomers who enter the 100 local, regional and national dance competitions that are held around the U.S. each year, or the 100 held overseas, say they don't have to spend hours on the treadmill or in aerobics classes to stay...
Despite a staid reputation, the top railroads have dramatically upgraded their technology. BNSF has been quietly investing nearly $275 million annually in new IT to stay competitive. Chief information officer Jeff Campbell says BNSF's network center astonishes visitors with its ballroom size and sophisticated monitors. "While freight cars and locomotives haven't changed in two decades," he says, "most people have not seen an ops center like ours, not even at NASA in Houston." Automated readers, located every 30 miles along the 33,000-mile system, scan the bar codes of passing cars and locomotives--basically the rail version...
...there since February 2002, a month before combat had officially begun). We ate Whoppers and hot apple pies around a U-shaped marble table in lavish, high-backed upholstered chairs. Saddam’s flat-screen surround-sound theater system echoed satellite television off the cavernous walls of the ballroom...