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Word: spandexed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stop at a gathering of 20 or so, mostly young men, some in uniform. One gets in, followed by a woman, running--she's just jumped out of another car and into ours. Her name is Maela and, like the vast majority of Cuban women, Maela is a devout spandex enthusiast. She's in a black-and-white bodysuit, bisected with belt, and she's laughing like mad at her car-to-car coup, the soldiers tossing her a wide variety of obscene gestures as we drive away. The soldier we've got is named Jordan; he's doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitchhiker's Cuba | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...drop off Maela; she giggles thanks, and in comes Belgis, about 40, pregnant, in a white frilly blouse and floral spandex leggings. She was waiting for three hours. She was visiting her family, and is on her way to Playa Yaguardabo to see her in-laws, 10 minutes up the road. We get there, and she's out. Condela stays put and seems perturbed--the back seat is not so big--when we welcome a young couple, Alexander and Yaineris, who bustle in, exhaling with relief. They have a chicken with them. A live chicken. Condela laughs at our surprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitchhiker's Cuba | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

LANCE ARMSTRONG Spandex surprise: overcomes testicular cancer, churlish sponsors--except Postal Service--to win Tour de France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1999 Winners & Losers | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...lingerie company under siege? Good enough. The writers' only requirement is to include one sexy scene and one action scene every 10 pages. But they don't even need to bother coming up with these flimsy premises; as bodyguard Vallery Irons, Lee wears 5-in. stilettos and a spandex minidress just to go to the office. "Val's wardrobe is her interpretation of being able to be everything she wants to be," explains Lee. "It's a sort of 'It could happen to you' kind of thing, that someone from a small town could end up in a glamour city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Babe Tube | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...getting warmer. Really. And it's always warmer when you move around. So pull on the spandex and jog over to Alewife for the Fresh Pond Weekly Road Race. The 2.5 mile run is held every Saturday--with spring around the corner, this weekend's great time to start. 10 a.m. at the Fresh Pond Reservation, totally free...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE JOCK BLOCK | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

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