Word: mannequins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last Friday, an electrician visited the house to install a security system. When no one answered the front door, he walked around the house, peering through windows. He thought he saw a mannequin sprawled on the floor, until he noticed a splotch of blood by its ear. When police and the coroner broke down the door, they found Cobain dead on the floor, a shotgun still pointed at his chin and, on a nearby counter, a suicide note penned in red ink, reportedly ending with the words "I love you, I love you," addressed, a source said, to Love...
...fencers, German specialists have devised a steel-plated dummy that examines competitors' attack moves. The mannequin has a helmet-shaped head containing a high-speed camera mounted behind Plexiglas. Its torso is wired at strategic locations with tiny bulbs. When a hit is scored, a red, green or white light goes on. Tests with the dummy have shown that speed alone is not the crucial factor in a fencer's prowess. Athletes are more accurate when they take time and move deliberately in the moments preceding attack...
BUSINESS Today's pretty women represent a new breed of mannequin...
...soon as a tourist steps onto the replica of a Montgomery bus, a prerecorded voice will emanate from the vicinity of the mannequin behind the wheel. "All right, you folks, I want those two seats," the facsimile driver will say. "Y'all better make it light on yourselves and let me have those two seats." In the middle of the bus, a plaster of Paris simulacrum of Rosa Parks will just sit there, a mute symbol of the incident that sparked the epic Montgomery bus boycott. "Look, woman, I told you I wanted the seat!" the mock voice...
...stage props added hints of modern style and design, giving the settings and actors an appropriately "artsy" look. The unusual crucifix used at the Duchess' excommunication was assembled from a combination of wood poles and mannequin parts. It added creative imagery to what would have otherwise been a rather orthodox scene...