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Word: soloflex (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more innocent time, it was considered a satisfying and well-rounded enough career simply to be a celebrity personal trainer. But nowadays a trainer is barely worth the price of a second-hand Soloflex if he or she doesn't have a book. And not just any old fitness book. A book whose life-changing properties are attested to by A-list celebrities. Last year Cindy Crawford did the honors for Radu Teodorescu. This year MADONNA is endorsing Ray Kybartas' Fitness Is Religion. "Whether we're doing wind sprints uphill or sun salutes in my living room, the goal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 13, 1997 | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

This is a lesson learned too late by many rock stars. They get high on the double dream of being a sensitive poet and a swaggering stud--Rimbaud and Rambo. Garcia, who was no friend of the Soloflex, nonetheless fitted the mold of iconoblaster. In his drug taking he was a role model to some, a sacrificial totem to others. Wasn't he killing himself to create more beautiful music? That music was often swell, and as leader of the most fan-friendly band in rock, Garcia was a sort of secular saint of pop culture. But he stuffed himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JERRY GARCIA: THE TRIP ENDS | 8/21/1995 | See Source »

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