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Bushell, in a clear bid for a tip, immediately asked, "What sport do you play?" I foolishly asked her what sport she thought I played, and the charade quickly ended. I told her to "give me something very athletic but not too trampolinist, if you know what I mean." She told me I could get my hair dyed in my country's colors as the Venezuelan team had done or have my country code dyed into the back of my head or Olympic rings shaved in. I started to wish I'd waited for Natasha. But in just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Give Me a Gary Hall Jr. and a Little off the Top | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...skier, scuba diver and judo expert, has added a new item to his list of athletic achievements. While attending a Liberal Party picnic in Vancouver, the P.M. spotted a trampoline, hopped aboard and executed a series of jumps that seemed practiced, if not exactly perfect. One knowledgeable spectator, Canadian Trampolinist Bob Scott, observed that Trudeau has "a lot of air sense-knowing where you are when you're upside down." That evaluation will doubtless be exploited by Trudeau's political opponents when Parliament reconvenes later this month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 23, 1974 | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

Like every circus worthy of the name, Trapeze offers plenty of exciting sideshows, and the favorite distraction is sure to be Gina Lollobrigida, who keeps drifting across the screen in pretty, scant costumes. Gina is a lowly trampolinist who wants to fly high, and she keeps trying to climb the rigging with the "catcher" (Lancaster) in the aerial act, but Burt will not give her a tumble. He does all his catching on the high bar with Tony Curtis, and he refuses to let a woman come between them. But Gina keeps pitching those curves, and pretty soon both Burt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jun. 11, 1956 | 6/11/1956 | See Source »

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