Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reach 2,000, the Stanford scientists think they could have the Z 0's life expectancy pinned down. But by that time the LEP may have beaten them to the goal. "I had hoped," acknowledges Burton Richter, the Stanford center's director, "that we would be in the shape we are now in a year ago. If a miracle had happened and we'd come on two years ago, then we'd have scooped up a lot of Z 0 physics." Now he and his colleagues can only hope the LEP will have extensive start-up problems...
...draped shape can be traced to those ubiquitous trend setters, the baby boomers. The generation that grew up in the let-it-all-hang-out '60s has found that by age 35 or 40, it may be time to start holding some of it in. Sales of women's swimwear have fallen in recent years, and the aging of the population is probably one reason. "Women were complaining that they couldn't find appropriate bathing suits," says Ruth Rubinstein of New York City's Fashion Institute of Technology. "Most were made for the very young who had perfect bodies." Asserts...
Bilzerian is leaving Singer, a defense contractor that manufactures weapons- control systems, in poor financial shape. To pay off more than $1 billion he borrowed to acquire the company, Bilzerian sold eight of the company's twelve divisions. A group of 9,000 retirees has filed a $235 million lawsuit against the company, accusing Bilzerian of plundering Singer's pension plan. The U.S. Government is suing the company for defense-contract fraud, seeking $231 million in damages...
...area's hottest rentals. Television gets its share of attention. Before summer reruns took over the tube, the women found that Moonlighting was funny again, and the wacky comedy of Tracey Ullman acquired a growing following. The women who watched The New Perry Mason marveled at the good shape of Della Street's legs. Mused Shaffer: "What exercises has Della been doing...
...Naipaul about a year to compose a book. "I'm with it all the time, anxious to get to the end," he says with a hint of dread. "When I'm finished, I do nothing. It takes a week before I even begin to feel tired." To keep in shape, he performs a daily exercise taught to him years ago by a family pundit in Trinidad. It is a difficult yoga bend that leaves the writer arched backward with his head on the floor...