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	<title><![CDATA[How Modern Technology Ruined My Favorite Spectator Sport]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karin-tanabe/how-modern-technology-rui_b_118232.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>It's called the Speedo LZR Racer. Credited with dozens of world records, it's not sewn but welded together, was engineered by NASA, produces 38% less hydrodynamic drag than a normal bathing suit, covers from ankle to neck and has all but ruined my favorite spectator sport since I could say "libido": men's swimming. </p>

<p>It's only normal that performance trumps the swimmer's sex appeal and yes, in this case the women are wearing them too, but men's sportswear isn't all dictated...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-12-21T05:53:00-05:00</date_published>
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