Word: squatted
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...types of sneakers: the Speed Trainer is the lightest, most breathable shoe, designed for athletes who spend the bulk of their time trying to get quicker. The Power Trainer is for the bulky guys; it comes with extra cushioning at the bottom to absorb the downward force of a squat thrust...
...turn out to be fun, though. My favorite game by far was the Snowboard Slalom, in which you crouch down into a squat then twist your torso back and forth - ever so gently - as you slalom down the hill. Not only did this make my thighs burn, but it took 51 tries before I reached the top level: Champion! Although I've never snowboarded in my life, and am a klutz on skis, for a few minutes, I actually felt like a sports star...
...Banditos Misteriosos, a group of Boston locals that organizes flash mob events, hosted Boston’s First Silent Dance Experiment in front of Faneuil Hall. The group wrote and recorded a song that directs the listener to perform certain motions—such as “Squat down, pose like ‘The Thinker,’ and freeze”—and rock out together. Following the style of a similar event in New York City last summer called the “Mp3 Experiment,” this venture requested that all participants...
...Rudi Mantofani, Yunizar and Handiwirman Saputra, have gone on to establish reputations as successful young artists, selling works for tens of thousands of dollars. While Taring Padi's members no longer live in derelict premises - disenchantment with communal cooking and an attack by Muslim fundamentalists in 2003 saw the squat's abandonment - they still lead a hand-to-mouth existence, centered on their humble atelier in the Central Java village of Sembungan. "They are a very egalitarian bunch of guys," says Heidi Arbuckle at the Ford Foundation in Indonesia. "Taring Padi has always kept a distance between...
...Sudjojono at a retrospective of his work in Singapore in May. The World Bank has commissioned them to produce works for poverty-alleviation and anticorruption campaigns starting later this year. The group is even making hesitant steps in the direction of merchandizing, setting up a shop near its old squat (they used to live in a derelict building on the campus of Yogyakarta's Indonesian Institute of the Arts, known after its Indonesian initials as ISI). "We can't avoid the system," shrugs founding member Mohammad Yusuf, 33, pointing out that when the group does earn money, it uses...