The line to get in snaked around the block, and a hula-hoop troop kept the crowd outside amused.

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When quoting her that year on the emerging hula-hoop fad, The Wall Street Journal didn't omit her hair color either.

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The risk is that, unless their strictures lead to action, the monitors' job will seem pointless and go the way of the crossing-sweeper, typewriter designer and hula-hoop maker.

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Sure, my personality was a little hampered by shyness and I did a few dumb things like dropping a ball on her daughter's head and tripping over a Hula-Hoop.

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Exactly the course taken years ago by Wham-O, makers of the Hula Hoop.

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