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...colors, fabrics and shapes seen on bikes could be straight out of Marvel Comics. Alitta, a company based in a loft in New York City's SoHo district, markets a $65 red, white, blue and yellow riding suit that Superman might admire. Dozens of companies offer skintight shorts and for triathlons, events that require running, biking and swimming, suits made of shimmery synthetics in colors like taupe and copper. Jerseys come with two or three pockets for carrying small cargo, and shoes are designed to distribute pressure along the foot. Gloves are usually cut off above the knuckles, Oliver Twist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chic Duds on Two Wheels | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

Capitalizing on a few key opportunities and relying on a skintight defense, the Crimson tallied three unanswered goals in the second half for an inspired 3-1 come-from-behind victory over Brown under the lights at Providence...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Booters Top Brown For Fifth Straight | 10/7/1981 | See Source »

...longer. Shenzhen (the new spelling under the Pinyin system) is now a vast building site. Construction crews stir dust as they dig sewers, build roads and prepare foundations for factories and apartment buildings. Local women wearing skintight jeans made in Hong Kong sell U.S. and British cigarettes and cans of Coca-Cola from roadside stalls. Hackies hustle bewildered visitors, demanding as much as $65 an hour for riding in their dilapidated Japanese-made taxis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bold Experiment | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

Avoid girdles and skintight jeans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Some Dos and Don'ts for Back Care | 7/14/1980 | See Source »

...young, not too cute, not too Sicilian." Two girls have to be found who can talk on the phone while doing yoga headstands. One is rejected as "too Procter & Gamble"; another causes a small problem when she arrives on location without a bra under her skintight leotard. There are also serious research questions: Do Army recruits have telephones near their beds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Words from a Sponsor | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

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