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...just teen and pre-tween girls taking up the sport. Women approaching middle age are the latest converts--like Barb Odanaka, 41, author of the biographical kids' book Skateboard Mom and a founder of the International Society of Skateboarding Moms. At her skate camps in San Diego, Segovia says, she sees women 14 to 40 perfect their techniques with a program of yoga, skateboarding lessons and surfing. "Mothers come with their daughters now. It's about women of all ages reaching their dreams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The New Roll Model | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

...Maybe you can get a computer science major or someone to do something and get some more votes for me,” Ruggiero said on Sunday evening, when she was informed that she was likely going to lose to Barb Lindquist, the world’s No. 1 triathlete...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: STAIRWAY TO EVAN: Techies Can't Help Ruggiero | 5/4/2004 | See Source »

...Yost fans are great, too. My personal favorite has always been after an opposing goal, when students direct an “Ug-ly par-ents!” barb toward the applauding parent/girlfriend section. And then there’s the band director, who starts disco dancing in the middle of the game. Hilarious...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On Hockey: Out With Fan Vulgarity in College Hockey | 11/14/2003 | See Source »

...next scene shows four unarmed Iraqi footsoldiers running into view, passing under a line of barb wire, as explosions rip in the background. They give an after action report to their commander: "We exploded it. We are Mohammed's Second Army. Whatever you order us to do, we'll do it, sir, for the sake of jihad, our country, our religion and our Islam, in one strong hand. We will die for the sake of Saddam Hussein and to bring him back to run this country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caught on Tape | 9/18/2003 | See Source »

...Schlesinger’s barb stung nonetheless—an indication that tempers ran short in the charged spring...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller and Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: In the Red? | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

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