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...Those are the type of guys you win with. You don’t have to pump air up their ass to play. You know what you’re going...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard and Cornell: One of the Best Rivalries in College Hockey | 12/5/2003 | See Source »

DIED. IRV KUPCINET, 91, longtime Chicago Sun-Times gossip columnist; in Chicago. From its debut in January 1943 to its final appearance just four days before his death, "Kup's Column"--often reported from his de facto office, a booth in the Pump Room at Chicago's Omni Ambassador East Hotel--chronicled, with a gentle, often adoring touch, the lives of Hollywood starlets, local politicos, tycoons and princes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 24, 2003 | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...didn’t, because a painting montage just isn’t as entertaining as a shopping montage. She’s a rich girl, remember? That’s what rich girls do—they go on shopping sprees, they get flustered when they have to pump gas, and they manage to get lost on road trips despite the GPS in their Range Rovers. It’s ironic then—what with the editors’ reducing them to two-dimensional characters—that the opening credits feature Jaime and Ally depicted as paper...

Author: By Dan Gilmore, | Title: View From The Pop: Poor Little 'Rich Girls' | 11/21/2003 | See Source »

...uses air pressure to augment your strength. In tests, a 100-lb. woman wearing one was able to lift a 150-lb. man. As you bend your arms and legs to start lifting, sensors on the suit detect which muscles are being used and activate a battery-powered air pump, which in turn inflates a series of air bags on the suit. As the bags inflate, they provide added support for your back, arms and legs. INVENTOR Keijiro Yamamoto AVAILABILITY 2005, $15,000 to $20,000 TO LEARN MORE yamakei@ we.kanagawa-it.ac.jp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: Power Up | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...machines would confide in him. Whenever one of our family cars began to stutter or strain back in Pennsylvania, my Dad would call Pappaw and carry the phone out to the garage so that the doctor could listen. Pappaw often pinpointed problems just like that. One time a water pump, another time a loose fan belt—but be sure to check the coolant...

Author: By Blake Jennelle, | Title: My Veteran's Days | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

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