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The incidence of eating disorders is particularly high among "athletes, dancers, gymnasts, weightlifters, wrestlers, swimmers, divers and people on crew," Hall says.

Author: By Caralee E. Caplan, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Eating Disorders on the Rise at Harvard | 12/1/1992 | See Source »

The store has Swatches for everyone--deep sea divers, college students with a wall to decorate, even the environmentally correct who wish to shun batteries--but don't expect anything other than Swatches. This is, after all, a specialty store.

Author: By Kelly M. Bowdren, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: New Swatch Store Says Watches Back In Style | 11/25/1992 | See Source »

In fact, the Trees are so comfortable performing that they won't hesitate to roll around on the floor, eat Pez and throw stage divers for distance as they continue to play on, unfazed.

Author: By Bryan Lavietes, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Paradise Crowd Looks for Oblivion With the Trees | 10/22/1992 | See Source »

WHO WAS TO BLAME? THE QUEStion ricocheted around the globe. From Amsterdam, where the charred remains of victims were being shoveled out of smoldering rubble. To Tel Aviv, where El Al Airlines fielded inquiries about its plane's safety record. To Seattle, where the Boeing Co. called on carriers worldwide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death From the Sky | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

At Pennsylvania State University, sports-science researcher John Shea has developed the "Leaper Beeper" for divers. The system uses sensors connected to a laptop computer to measure elements of an athlete's dive; during practice, a beeping noise code tells the diver in the air how high he has jumped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Engineering the Perfect Athlete | 8/3/1992 | See Source »

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