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...time Willy is played by Keiko, a killer whale (actually a type of dolphin) that the company found in a seaquarium in Mexico City. But frequently Keiko is spelled by a stunt double: a high-tech robot coated with 3,000 lbs. of eurythane rubber. (There is also a Turbo Willy - -- essentially the top of the whale, with mammoth hydraulic propellers on the bottom.) How real were the fake Willys? Persuasive enough so that the real Willy got the hots for them. "Whales are well-endowed animals," notes Walt Conti, the effects magician who created the seductive stand...
...Turbo Twang from Good Ole Boys...
BOSTON--Boston University won the Eberly Trophy last night for featuring the best goaltender in the 41st annual Beanpot tournament. But like a turbo-powered dustbuster, the greedy Harvard men's hockey team swept up every other award and honor in the Boston Garden...
...have bored the driving gloves off an '80s car buff: safety features (antilock brakes, air bags), versatility (four doors, built-in child seats) and value. A 1991 Pontiac Grand Prix model sells for under $20,000 but looks (on the outside, anyway) like last year's sporty $26,000 Turbo model...
After losing the first set and falling behind in the second set, 3-0, Wang shifted into turbo. She wasted the fazed Zawacki by winning six of the following seven games to win the set 6-4 and tie the match at a set apiece...