Word: maillot
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...drowning when the yards of fabric used in traditional burqas get soaked. Now, however, non-Muslim beachgoers are getting into the full-covered swim. Whether women are worried about health, weight or the tolls of age, the Burqini offers a comfortable alternative to a skimpy two-piece or clingy maillot...
...just as prestigious to these Crimson skaters. Take the hard-hat award, for instance. This plastic, yellow head-bubble is what really sets the Crimson apart from the rest of the competition and what junior defenseman Caitlin Cahow deems the most coveted of the three awards.Cycling has le maillot jaune and apparently Harvard women’s hockey has an equivalent—le chapeau jaune. Started two years ago by head coach Katey Stone, the construction hat is meant to encourage a strong work ethic and get-the-job-done attitude on the ice.“We have...
Cyclists use a cutesy term to describe the complete loss of energy during a road race. They've "bonked." Let's be honest. American Floyd Landis didn't just bonk when he surrendered his maillot jaune, the Tour de France's yellow leader's jersey, during a steep Alpine climb last Wednesday. He tumbled from 1st to 11th place, a stunning 8 minutes, 8 seconds behind the leader. He giga-gagged. Choked. Race pundits didn't just write Landis off as a contender; they hurled him off the Col du Galibier. Even Landis seemed to accept his fate...
...clear that the board and shareholders were dissatisfied with the company's performance. An interim chief, Max Dietrich Kley, now runs the company. A revolt by French shareholders led to the ousting of Eurotunnel's chief executive, Richard Shirrefs, and its board. Former travel executive Jacques Maillot leads the motley band of characters trying to keep Eurotunnel, an absolute money pit, out of bankruptcy...
...explicitly prohibited in the 1986 treaty founding the project. "Without a doubt, the Channel Tunnel would not have been built if we'd known about these problems," lamented Eurotunnel's now-evicted CEO, Richard Shirrefs, in February. Attacking the debt is the main priority of new chairman, Jacques Maillot, the founder and former chairman (having stepped down under pressure) of travel group Nouvelles Frontières. Maillot was appointed after he joined forces with stock tip-sheet publisher Nicolas Miguet to rally discontented shareholders and replace Shirrefs and his board. Miguet, who has had several run-ins with...