Word: speedos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...RESIDENTS OF AVALON, AUSTRALIA OCCUPATION: Surfing, protecting their privacy BEST PUNCH: Opposed to the bikini- and Speedo-clad interlopers, 1,700 residents turned out at a high school gym to noisily protest the show's relocation plans, shouting, "Just get out and don't come back...
...swimming and diving. But when it because clear that the beasts of the East will be out in full force on Saturday, maybe it's worth a stop-by. It's the men's Eastern Championships at Blodgett, all day, all weekend. Free with student I.D. Bring your own Speedo...
...Hard' is what I do best," says the veteran actor, explaining how he poses for photographs. "I don't do 'nice.'" No matter that Heston is, in fact, in pain, only days away from a hip-replacement operation, and has been limping around his Beverly Hills home in stretch Speedo slippers. No matter that a toupee, capped teeth and a partly unbuttoned shirt reveal a touch of vanity. At 73, the man best known for playing prophets and warriors is embracing a new role with gusto: president of the 127-year-old National Rifle Association. As poster pinup for America...
...fabric may save swimmers crucial micro-seconds. Swimsuits coated with water-repellent resins have been developed independently at Speedo International and Tyr. The resins give the suits a silklike effect by reducing the rippling that occurs in human skin. Speedo has supplied its suits, which feature distinctive stripes of the new material and include knee-length versions, to teams in 46 countries, and a few swimmers may make a splash with them in Atlanta...
...touch slower than her 17-year-old self, it's clear that she has not lost her extraordinary competitive toughness. She endorses Cadillac cars (as well as Speedo swim gear, Ray Ban sunglasses, PowerBars and Xerox), and in one ridiculous TV commercial, a deep-voiced announcer growls--as kettle drums roll, engines rumble and the screen flashes footage of Janet surging through the water--"She believes in controlled aggression!" Not really. What she really believes in is greasy-spoon breakfasts. But in mid-December, not quite three months before the U.S. team-selection trials, she tore ligaments in her left...