Word: velcro
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...while there, it looked as if this could be a summer with nary a craze in sight. But not for long. Suddenly this has become the summer of the Velcro paddle and ball...
...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...
...spine by shoelace-style ties that expose patients to drafts in the darnedest places. But the No Moon Co. of La Jolla, Calif., has built a better hospital gown: a soft, thick, robe-like garment with an overlapping flap in the rear held in place by strategically positioned Velcro tabs...
...recommendation: a cover-up. McArthur, which supplies terry-cloth products to the National Football League, has begun donating some 2,000 wraps and robes for all the players on the league's 28 teams. The robes and the kilt-like wraps, which are held around the waist with a Velcro closure, come in white or the team color. "They are handy, I suppose. They look nice," said Cincinnati Bengals head coach Sam Wyche, who was fined by the N.F.L. last month after he denied a female reporter access to the team's locker room. A problem has emerged, however...
Neil Bush may be the Velcro that Democrats have needed to attach blame for the S&L debacle to the President. Despite being in charge when the multibillion-dollar casino was opened, Republicans have been feigning shock -- shock! -- that any gambling was going on at all. The Administration has belatedly been making a great show of prosecuting the most egregious offenders. Just last week the government charged high-profile Dallas thrift owner Edwin McBirney III with 17 counts of bank fraud. Cleaning up the mess at his Sunbelt Savings Association of Texas, which was taken over by regulators...