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Surf's not up? Chill, dude; the PowerSki Jetboard makes its own waves. Driven by a two-stroke engine that generates 350 lbs. of thrust, the Jetboard can carve up even the glassiest surface in a sport that combines the ease of water skiing with the freedom of surfing. The award-winning engine, designed by a 53-year-old former pro surfer, weighs only 30 lbs. and is just 61/2 in. high. A flexible pole in the bow controls speed and direction. It also houses a speedometer, fuel gauge and kill switch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions: Best Of The Rest | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

Dictator Tacho, who of late had been a target for some of the U.S. State Department's glassiest stares, announced before leaving Nicaragua that he would not be a candidate in the February elections. He bestowed his official favor on Dr. Leonardi Argüello, a 71-year-old druggist with a deep-dyed goatee. The other candidate. Dr. Enoc Aguado, a prepossessing lawyer with few relatives, was named by the opposition in Somoza's absence. An American in Nicaragua described him as "the kind of man who. if he were a candidate for President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Leave of Absence | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

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