Word: legging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first leg of J.J.'s return voyage last week was the 11-mile, 45-min. trip by truck from Sea World to dockside. Once aboard the Conifer, J.J. was carried through gentle swells to a position 2.1 nautical miles off Point Loma, Calif., a scenic finger of land near San Diego. There, amid a noisy flotilla of 12 boats, the sling was lowered, and chief boatswain's mate Thomas Young barked the words never before heard: "Release the whale...
...well-practiced; his eyes are on her from the moment she steps into our line of vision, and his roommates acknowledge the subtle signal he gives--a tap on the leg and a quick raise of the eyebrow. The other men are also skilled at this sport. All four of them watch her closely without appearing to look--their collective stare is trained to be invisible...
Coming into this weekend's games, Harvard understands that it has a great opportunity to get a leg up on the Ivy competition. If the Crimson hopes to earn the elusive Ivy title, it must consistently come up with clutch hitting and solid pitching that have been lacking thus far. The players, though, remain certain that it can be done...
...black-and-white checked pattern that could have come from a "Magic Eye" book. The reaction at school the next day was fairly predictable. Some people giggled, some gaped, some ignored us, some whispered unprintable words under their breath. The mission was a complete failure, and my teammates' leg hairs remained unshorn. Despite the build-up I've given it, my experience in the world of transvestitism was pretty much a non-event...
Indeed, McCartney's spring '98 collection, her Chloe debut, features garments that could hardly be described as age-insensitive. There are exquisitely cut wide-leg pantsuits (one of her trademarks) and delicately patterned knee-length day dresses alongside lavender, lace-trimmed slip dresses, spaghetti-strap tops and diaphanous minis. McCartney's clothes bespeak a mature knowledge of flirtation. "We've done the feminist thing and beaten men down, and now we want to lure them back," McCartney, a tall, cheerful redhead, explains. "I think there's a danger in being too girly though...