| Show The beleaguered Russian Mir space station of had a series mishaps from computer failure to a collision with a cargo ship but NASA decided to continue its involvement sending up another American Best Experiment From the Rocky Mountain News (Denver Colo) If you are caught without an umbrella it starts to rain will you stay by running to shelter instead walking? of Thomas Peterson and Trevor Wallis of Asheville NC both climatologists calculated that running made one 44 drier over 100 meters (about 328 feet) To test their findings they measured off a 1 course and waited for it to rain They wore identical dry clothing that had been weighed before the test (they wear the same size) and wore plastic bags under their clothes to trap any water that might seep through Peterson walked the course while Wallis ran Afterward they weighed the clothes again The result: Wallis clothes were 40 drier er Frankly wed take a cab Eldrick (Tiger) Woods 21 became the youngest golfer to win the Masters Michael Cole a Harrods spokesman Last summer Eilene Kadden a Los Angeles clothing designer was accused g of wearing pantyhose in Harrods and was unceremoniously estight-fittin- corted out the door In fact she was wearing leggings bought two years ago in Hatreds Mr Cole says it doesnt matter where she bought the disputed clothing We sell beds he points out but we dont allow people to sleep in them here Picky picky Best Beefcake Herald From The Sun (Biloxi Miss) If your car breaks down in Miami you be surprised when you call a tow Hunk Towing which opened last summer dispatches body builders in skimpy uniforms to aid stranded motorists Shape magazine reports And sometimes calls are received from motorists who havent actually broken down Anything to get to the body shop George Elaine and Kramer Jerry the characters of Seinfeld returned to NBC for a ninth season with the sitcom maintaining its high weekly ratings Best Mtetrfeastre From The New York Times wins a round The US Supreme Court declared that shed have her day in court soon Worst He Faux Pas From United Press International Swedish cargo ship that was sunk during IWorld War I while carrying 5000 bottles of man who looked disturbingly similar to Fidel Castro with a fake beard and fa tigues created such an angry stir on an among American Airlines flight from Austin Tex to Miami that the airline had to apologize for the champagne will be towed underwater to Sweden by a consortium in order to salvage the valuable car- go the newspaper Dag-en- s Nyheter reported The 1907 Heidsieck champagne has lain undisturbed inside the ship in frigid water in the Bay of Finland since 1916 when the ship the Joenkoeping was sunk by a German submarine A consortium representative Claes Bergvall who sampled the first bottle brought to the surface said it was a relatively sweet champagne good with a very powerful flavor But the bouquet was a bit salty Paula Jones Cuban-America- promotional stunt Ana Maria Pozo a lawyer says she was so surprised I shrieked She says it got worse when the pilot announced Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen This is Fidel Castro and Im going to fly you to Miami The stunt was an attempt to celebrate die airlines nonstop service between the two cities A Carmen Miranda look-aliwas also aboard The airline said it had demonstrated a complete lack of sensitivity It sure did Ms Miranda was Brazilian ke Worst Reptile Snack From The Associated Press on and Bonnie Probst of Klamath Falls took their boa constricthe animal to clinic afTeardrop ter it swallowed its prey a heating pad The pad apparently satisfied all the R Ore tor ot Worst Fashion Statement From The Wall Street Journal the decorous London store has a strict dress code patrons wearing clothing that is ragged dirty unkempt or that exposes excess flesh Also unwelcome are flip-floand tank tops that reveal hairy sweaty armpits We dont want people coming in here with pink punk hairdos that are one-fohigh and look like a cockatoo grumbles Harrods ot shows inside that must have felt the heating like bones The something pad: And vet removed the pad you thought snakes That's one Teardrop we were coldblooded wouldn I wanton our pillow PAGE to DECEMBER 28 1897 PARADE MAGAZI |
