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...gestural language that borrows some words from American Sign Language. The trainers make the gestures with big, enthusiastic arm movements, asking Phoenix or Akeakamai to follow such commands as "person left Frisbee fetch," which means "bring the Frisbee on the left to the person in the pool," or "surfboard person fetch," in which Akeakamai gently pushes a human volunteer over to the surfboard...
MOSCOW--She's short on clothes, lacks a beau and doesn't know what a surfboard is, but Veronika is something America's Barbie doll isn't: inexpensive for Russians...
...revenues to its citizens. Says Lawrence Stone, a city councilman in Sunnyvale, which no longer has a surplus, as he recalls the glory days: "Instant millionaires. Every day there was a firm doing a public offering and spin-offs being created. Everyone was on a high-tech surfboard...
...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...
...team had to devise its own solution to the basic technological problem of converting fickle sunlight into sufficient electrical power to drive a vehicle across the country. Many came up with bizarre gimmicks that surprised even veteran engineers. The Florida Institute of Technology's secret weapon was a thin surfboard of a car with solar panels not just on its top, but also on its underside, to gather light reflected off the asphalt. Western Washington University built a car with two drivers seated back to back and a solar panel tipped rakishly, and permanently, to one side. In the morning...