Word: boulderers
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...span of a few days, Roosevelt, once America's youngest President and among its most vigorous, had become a feverish, at times delirious, invalid. He was suffering from malaria and had developed a potentially deadly bacterial infection after slicing his leg on a boulder. In the sweltering rain forest, the cut had quickly become infected, causing his leg to redden and swell and sending his temperature soaring to 105°F. At the same time, the expedition had reached a set of seemingly impassable rapids. Roosevelt's Brazilian co-commander, Colonel Cāndido Rondon, had announced that they would have...
...years the mountain setting of Boulder, Colo., provided a scenic backdrop for this intimate festival, which gave audience members a chance to rub shoulders with the stars of tomorrow. (Three Moondance winners have gone on to be nominated for Academy Awards.) This year the stars won't have as far to travel: the seventh annual Moondance festival will be held later this month in Hollywood...
...four Strickland children only Elaine, 35, had to drop out of ROTC, and that was because of asthma; she is now a nurse in Boulder, Colo. Meanwhile, in addition to Laura, there is Darwin, 30, a JAG officer who has already shipped out from El Paso, Texas. Sister Janis, 32, who got a military scholarship to medical school, is likely to fly to the gulf this week, after last-minute practice in treating blown-off legs and catastrophic burns and the effects of poison gas. She advised Laura on medicines to carry with her and is aware that...
...make it their business to know. "They're still through the floor," says Dale Carter, program director at KFKF in Kansas City, Mo. "There's a technology called the Dial where listeners react to songs, and every time we test the Dixie Chicks ..." Carter makes a noise like a boulder falling from a high cliff. "It's not the music, because we're playing them the hits they used to love. It's something visceral. I've never seen anything like...
...annual pro-pot rallies on April 20--a high holy day for marijuana lovers, since the number 420 is linked to cannabis use--always cause consternation among officials at the University of Colorado at Boulder, as on other campuses across the U.S. But it's the aftermath of this year's event that's proving the real downer. Three students last week announced plans to sue CU, asserting that efforts to stop the rally violated their civil rights...