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...average Tahitian island, as it turns out, is ringed by a coral atoll that breaks the surf, making the lagoon a lovely protected place to anchor a sailboat, but also preventing the formation of beaches. Mostly the shore is lined with large rocks and stretches of dirty gravel...

Author: By Maggie S. Tucker, | Title: Fa-a-a From Paradise | 3/5/1991 | See Source »

...scene, where designer names often grow to billboard proportions, the tag of the moment is Stussy. Designer Shawn Stussy, 36, of Laguna Beach, Calif., has made a splash with surf-meets-rap sportswear. Stussy and partner Frank Sinatra Jr. (no relation to you-know-who) say revenues hit $17 million last year in stores from Los Angeles to Manhattan. Stussy, a former surfboard maker, started his business in 1982 by transferring surfboard graphics to T shirts and shorts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STYLE: Where Surf Meets Rap | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

...next night, Harvard squared off with Long Beach State. The 49ers are representative of another time-honored California breed: The Poser. (Usually seen holding a skate board or a surf board.) They look great. They talk a big game. But they are not very good...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: B-ball California-Style: A Different Kind of Game | 1/4/1991 | See Source »

...Jersey banker, Stempel worked summers as a garage mechanic and won a collection of drag-racing trophies. Later he graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, then earned an M.B.A. from Michigan State in 1970. He still reads car-buff magazines, and enjoys skiing and surf casting. Stempel and his wife Pat have three children, two grown and one in college. But Stempel is intensely private about his life outside the company, a feeling that carries over from the kidnapping of his son Timothy in 1975. (His son was rescued from a car trunk, and the kidnappers were caught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Boss: A Car Guy | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

Rabbit's retirement has put him out of touch with his family. He watches Judy "channel-surf," flip through the remote control without ever watching anything, as if she is on a different planet. He also cannot figure out what is wrong with his son Nelson, who is displaying the obvious symptoms of a drug addiction...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Wittily Watching Things Fall Apart | 10/12/1990 | See Source »

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