Word: spandex
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...Wichita, Kans., had fought a lifelong battle with fat and watched her three daughters and granddaughter do the same. In 2000 a fit-looking friend pointed her to Curves. "I'd never exercised in my life," Holding says, but she found Curves' atmosphere--women in sweat pants rather than Spandex--appealing. She joined after her first visit. And at $29 a month (fees range from $29 to $49, based on location), it didn't crunch her finances...
...Power Rangers is arguably the most pathetic show in television history. Abraham fathered a great nation. Moses led us from Egypt and gave us the law. Saban? He gave us strange robots that morphed into a larger robot, to defeat grotesque puppets and weird men in gray spandex called “puddies...
...Once I’ve lost in things twice consecutively, I can’t wear them again in a tournament match,” Hall said. “I have OCD [obsessive-compulsive disorder] when it comes to matching. My sports bra has to match my spandex which has to match my bandanna...
...Today, Namsan's 1,000-odd steps are as frequented by Spandex-clad runners as by lapdog-toting ajumas, older Korean women, and retired gentlemen with their newspapers. From the summit of Namsan the megalopolis of Seoul sprawls before you. The historic part of town, with its complex of royal palaces, lies at the mountain's base just to the north, while to the south the Han River glitters on its way to the port of Incheon and the Yellow Sea. And just below, nestled in a sea of greenery, is a reminder of South Korea's unenviable honor...
...garage-rock movement continues to slather its greasy mixture of hipster apathy and commercial aspiration all over mainstream radio and magazine covers, another movement is bubbling just below a neon Spandex surface. It has finally arrived, with refreshing intelligence and flair, in the form of OK Go. The Chicago-based group’s eponymous disc meshes its tweaked guitars with rebel yells, resulting in one of the year’s best debuts...