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Has anyone noticed how much Winter Olympians are beginning to look like super-heroes<\/a>? Skin-tight aerodynamic glossy body suits, goggles, and, of course, lean, muscular builds?<\/p>\n

(I meant to link about this several weeks ago, when all the banners were still up at the airport, but didn’t get around to it. The UAL page shows up with an IP address, which makes me think it will be going away soon, too.)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Has anyone noticed how much Winter Olympians are beginning to look like super-heroes? Skin-tight aerodynamic glossy body suits, goggles, and, of course, lean, muscular builds? 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