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...took things up to a short-lived “next level.” After advancing to the eighth round of competition, Jobson and McGinn, both Crimson editors, decided that in order to win the coveted $50 prize, they would need to spice up their wildly popular pushup and sit-up infused routine. “We only made it [that far] based on reputation, and that my roommate [Theodore E. Chestnut ’06] was judging,” McGinn says. But the coordination which had characterized the earlier Jazzercise-style performance was lost when they tried...

Author: By Evan R Johnson and Samita A. Mannapperuma, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Broken in Two at Chez Vous | 5/3/2006 | See Source »

...from the variety of courtroom dramas? NC: How I distinguish this from a great film like “Erin Brockovich” is sex. I feel that the issue of the film was pretty unsexy and the lead character was very sexy. I mean, Julia Roberts in a pushup bra—you take notice, right? But in a film like this—which is essentially about sex and a new way of talking and thinking about sex—it’s easy to take that approach with your female actresses. As stunningly gorgeous as [Charlize...

Author: By Faith O. Imafidon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Director Tackles Sexism | 10/13/2005 | See Source »

Whatever you use, 10 or 15 minutes of stretching and back strengthening (stomach crunches and holding the pushup position for 10 seconds, for example) is a good idea. At the very least, it will keep you free of the pain that marred my early months in med school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Schooling On Backpacks | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

...Other flashes of amusing oddities include Jeff Dubner '03 as a wimpy boxer incapable of doing a mere pushup pretending to be a 245 lb. man. Through this skit, Critchley mocks masculinity, especially when the drag wrestler beats up Dubner. Also featured is a proposal to start a new colony off of Boston's harbor where all with constant erections may be free from the society of Lympville and roam about on the phallus shaped heaven...

Author: By Nikki Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lympdick: Standing Tall | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

...provides a nearly perfect vehicle for reaching well-heeled customers with a taste for vinyl pushup bras or fur-lined handcuffs. Ann Summers got into Internet sales in the past two years and says its site www.annsummers.com averages a million hits a month. In August 1997 the company's monthly Internet sales stood at a mere $6,100; by last August the figure had climbed to $42,575. Beate Uhse expects online sales www.beate-uhse.com to hit $32.8 million this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Naughty But Nice | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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