Word: leathers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...about $35,000 and has a Big Gulp thirst for gas. But since posh minivans and sport-utility vehicles were dragging us into that price zone anyway, we tacked another year onto the loan and got the full deal, including a built-in cooler (great for cold drinks) and leather seats (great for when you spill cold drinks) and haven't regretted the decision for a minute...
...nuanced arena of professional wrestling, dignity is a relative term. As the World Wrestling Federation's women's champion, a leather-clad SABLE subdued opponents in front of lusty fans and posed for Playboy. But the real-life wife and mother balked at what she claims were the league's requests for her to expose her breasts and participate in lesbian story lines. Sable alleges that her resistance led to her scripted defeat in the ring earlier this month. Now she has sued the WWF for $110 million, saying the sport has become "obscene, titillating, vulgar and unsafe...
...savage that Volpe's fellow cops could not tolerate it. Detective Eric Turetzky testified that he saw Volpe lead Louima, in handcuffs and with his pants around his ankles, away from the bathroom area where the incident occurred. Officer Mark Schofield said that when Volpe returned a pair of leather gloves he had borrowed before the assault, they were stained with blood. Sergeant Kenneth Wernick said Volpe had bragged to him that "I took a man down tonight" before showing him the stick he had used...
...certain that farm animals were the source of the problem, the scientists performed an experiment that mixed molecular genetics with shoe-leather detective work. First they decoded a unique stretch of the resistant bug's DNA, and then they went shopping. They bought 91 chickens in local markets and, by matching DNA, found that 14% were contaminated with exactly the same bug. Tracking the infections to the source, the scientists discovered that the birds originated not from any single chicken farm but from farms across Minnesota and surrounding states--suggesting that the problem was widespread in the industry. Their conclusion...
...youth ministries are flooded with calls and new visitors. At a Denver prayer lunch last week, faith and practice sat down together: everyone attending was asked to agree to mentor an "at risk" kid. "That would change the city," said organizer Don Reeverts. "Let's put some shoe leather on our prayers...