Word: grips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...comfortable, quick-drying innovation is fitted with a variable web of beltings, tethers and buckles that snugly grip the toes and the ankle while keeping the foot from sliding back and forth. A tough rubber sole and a high arch take the off-road punishment expected by hikers and mountain climbers; hot colors and a high-tech look are now attracting buyers who want to wear what the rugged, back-to-nature types swear by. "They're all I wear when it's warm," says Dale Covington, who works at the Trailhead, a Missoula, Mont., outfitter, and owns two pairs...
...stick-to-itself Velcro on a sphere that is roughly the size of a tennis ball. Apply the same stuff to two mitt- size disks that have a strap across the back for a handhold. Presto! A craze known variously as Magic Mitts, Scatch, Katch-a-Roo and Super Grip Ball. On streets, playgrounds and at the beach, players have added their own fancy moves, twisting into pretzel shapes to make behind-the-back catches, or getting a grip on the ball while doing a high-kick. Another trick: strapping a mitt on each hand to grab two balls...
...author has a bigger target in mind than literary devices. Both Mallabar and John Clearwater, Hope's mathematician husband, are scientists who become so obsessed with their theories that they lose their grip on real life. Hope, whose previous job had been classifying 147 ancient hedgerows in south Dorset, falls in love with John's billowing dreams: "What I want to do," he says, "is write the geometry of a wave...
...level and establish control over their curriculums. Last week Baylor backed off a bit, offering to let the Texas Baptist body elect one-quarter of its board members. In the meantime, Baylor and Wake Forest universities plan new theology schools to compete with the six seminaries now in the grip of fundamentalist boards. Another moderate group, the Southern Baptist Alliance, will open a seminary in Richmond next fall...
Although the play raises many intriguing questions about the civil rights movement, the insights offered by the various characters do little to illuminate the issue. Everyone except Evelyn has a firm grip on their opinions and has no problem stating them...