Word: hoopes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...hula hoop, a backyard mainstay since the 1950s, has been drafted for gym duty--only now it's larger and heavier and requires more dexterity to maneuver. In classes set to music, exercisers learn a series of moves that, when combined, work a variety of muscles. "You get the whole body involved," says Rayna McInturf, founder of Los Angeles-based Hoopnotica, the largest adult-size-hoop retailer...
...with sophomore center Pat Magnarelli sidelined due to a knee injury, Unger was the man down low for Harvard, notching a career-high 17 points. The captain led by example, hustling to loose balls and taking the ball aggressively to the hoop, drawing fouls...
...want to work for their dads. So in 1948, Richard Knerr and Arthur Melin founded Wham-O, named for the sound made by their first product, a slingshot. The pair (above, with Knerr at right) produced such iconic American toys turned fads as Silly String, the SuperBall, the hula hoop (25 million sold in four months) and the Frisbee. They created the last after they spotted an Air Force pilot flying his "Pluto Platter" on the beach and bought the rights. In 1982 they sold the company for $12 million. Knerr...
...pastel blues, oranges and pinks. Translucent, lighter-than-air panels, billowing plastic waves, scepter-like deep-sea sculptures, which manage to convey not just one undersea world but a host of neighborhoods within that world. Costumes that manage to be both lush and witty - the exaggerated, bunched-crinoline hoop skirts on the court ladies, for example, made me laugh out loud. All in all, it was one of the most ravishing things I have ever seen on a Broadway stage. For the record, I am not a drag queen...
...wrist seemed full of beauty and purpose.Holly Rollins, a student at the Graduate School of Education, exhibited incredible strength and flexibility as the dancer and choreographer of “Eat Pray Love.” As the stage lights went up, the audience encountered a large metal hoop suspended from the ceiling. This was the first and only prop of the evening. Dressed in a skintight black bodysuit, Rollins seamlessly moved through a series of contortions reminiscent of her performances with “Cirque du Soleil.” This included flipping in and out of the hoop...