Word: enthusiasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gathering of 20 or so, mostly young men, some in uniform. One gets in, followed by a woman, running--she's just jumped out of another car and into ours. Her name is Maela and, like the vast majority of Cuban women, Maela is a devout spandex enthusiast. She's in a black-and-white bodysuit, bisected with belt, and she's laughing like mad at her car-to-car coup, the soldiers tossing her a wide variety of obscene gestures as we drive away. The soldier we've got is named Jordan; he's doing the mandatory military service...
...love the discounts," says Keys, a self-proclaimed music enthusiast. "And I was sick of having to serve somebody a croissant or a cup of coffee and have them give me attitude...
...work well together," said the New Hampshire native, a self-described "Martha Stewart enthusiast...
Among its offerings: A wrestling enthusiast called "The Artman" hosts a wrestling show in which "priests" are beat up each Easter Sunday; well-known street performer Hugh M. Hill '48--a.k.a. "Brother Blue"--hosts both a radio and a television show...
...plug in a VCR and voila--you had bragging rights to state-of-the-art home entertainment. Now there's DVD, Dolby Digital, high-definition TV, personal TV, rewritable CD--all dazzling technologies, to be sure, but disorienting too. HDTV, a digital format so luscious it can make an enthusiast weep, was the year's biggest tease, delayed by technical complications and industry infighting. Yet some experts are optimistic, saying it will really show its colors in 2000--at least in major markets--and those who buy wide-screen, HDTV-capable sets (see No. 1) will have "future-proofed" their...