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...Maybe it had no engine or something?”The segment ends with a freeze-frame of Donato, floppy-haired head in hands, but a 75-cent spin on the wheel gets him into The Showcase Showdown, where he bids on a harp, a satellite dish, and a water-ski boat. To demonstrate the fortitude of the harp—as well as to express its coolness—a model attempts to slice bread by forcing it through the instrument’s strings.“I was just kind of in la-la land when...
...parts of the canals for the use of cattle and mule deer, and aqueduct sides were deliberately made rough to lend footing for smaller animals that might climb down for a drink. Human visitors are not welcome, but the outstretched ribbon of water has already inspired one desert sportsman to use the canal as a water-ski...
...would zero in on the "water-skiing factor." Republicans are 67% more likely than average to water-ski, according to a recent Scarborough survey of nine cities. Democrats are 67% less likely. "I hate to even say this," speculates Jeff Rodgers, a champion water skier and a Republican, "but maybe it's because water-skiing is family oriented." Or it may be that new ski boats start at about...
...teenager, he and his brother Wesley used to spend weekends at their family's cabin on the Lake of the Ozarks. John would always say to his brother, "Wes, what is our objective for the weekend?" It had to be something they had never done before, like water-ski on one ski or barefoot or on canoe paddles. "John was never satisfied until he got it perfected," says his old baby-sitter Norma Champion...
...baloney. Bill can tee off at the country club (4), but buying cigars at the Havana Trading Co. (5) could be politically sensitive, and the town has--horrors!--no McDonald's. Chelsea can pop into Hairtique (6) or Yankee Clipper (7) for a new do, or she can water-ski on Skaneateles' finger lake (8)--supposedly the cleanest in the continental U.S. Alas, the town's short- and fat-man race is no more. But if the town gets too much, Syracuse--which has more voters--is just 19 miles away...