Word: strapped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Strap yourself in for some complex scenarios...
Topaz defined "kludges" as "what we call it when something breaks down and we just strap a wire to it to keep it working." The renovation removed more than 75 percent of the wires in the studio...
...ordinary filial competition, consider this: when young Turner did something bad, his father Ed beat him with a wire coat hanger. When young Turner did something very bad, Ed once ordered his son to beat him. "He laid down on the bed and gave me the razor strap and he said, 'Hit me harder,' " Turner told interviewer David Frost. "And that hurt me more than getting the beating myself. I couldn't do it. I just broke down and cried." The most famous story of this dynastic war is the time Ed Turner sent Ted a letter at Brown University...
Another time, we convinced him to test out a pair of "Moon shoes" which had been sent to the office. "Moon Shoes" are mini-trampolines that you strap to your feet individually and they let you jump or bounce while you run. Paul was a blur of flowered-print silk for the rest of the afternoon...
...idea for the new toy is simple: put stick-to-itself Velcro on a sphere that is roughly the size of a tennis ball. Apply the same stuff to two mitt- size disks that have a strap across the back for a handhold. Presto! A craze known variously as Magic Mitts, Scatch, Katch-a-Roo and Super Grip Ball. On streets, playgrounds and at the beach, players have added their own fancy moves, twisting into pretzel shapes to make behind-the-back catches, or getting a grip on the ball while doing a high-kick. Another trick: strapping a mitt...