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...enduring story will be Schilling's. Boston's ace had to pitch off an ankle tendon sewn in place to keep it from wobbling out of its torn sheath. He pinned down the Yankees in the sixth game, a 4-2 win in the House That Ruth Built. As Schilling worked the Yankee lineup, blood leached from the wound, turning his sock red. Holy metaphor! Then Lowe, who won the clinching game in all three postseason rounds, threw nothing but worm balls as the Sox won 10-3 in the decider. With that kind of momentum, did the Cards stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holy Sox | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...past, a Pixar human was essentially a model of hollow skin, which was manipulated to mimic human body move- ment. The computer models for the lead cast of The Incredibles had muscles over which a sheath of skin was placed. So when Bob or Helen moves, it's the muscle that's animated, which causes the skin to move, which in turn gives the humans a much more solid presence. The Pixar team also worked hard to make the fabrics realistic (it took three months to nail one brief scene of Bob sticking his finger through a hole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: All Too Superhuman | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

Brides may not be embracing color with such bravado, but a growing number of women are seeking to incorporate new hues into their wedding-day attire--from a flash of blue in a dramatic train to a sage green sheath for a garden ceremony to an occasional crimson showstopper. At David's Bridal, a national chain that sells about 20% of all wedding gowns in the country, 2003 was the first year that a colorful gown--a metallic gold number--was among the best sellers. Now the retailer is testing the market for dresses made entirely of green, pink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And the Bride Wore Lavender | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

TrueValue hardware stores are betting on the money-making potential of his invention—a plastic sheath which fits under wooden support posts, preventing them from rotting while in the ground...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Promoter of Voice Mail Moves To Belize, Invents Plastic ‘Shoe’ | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

...with a talented honey, you can spit, “Nice shot in the corner pocket, and by the way, I can put a condom on a banana like nobody’s business. Not because I’m a pervert or shit like that, but because I sheath magnum on my mango-root all the time, right before I have sex with ultimate stick-shift honeys like yourself...

Author: By Jacob Rubin, | Title: How To Get Play At Harvard College | 5/1/2003 | See Source »

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