Word: canyon
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Having just come from a visit to the Grand Canyon, I can say without much hesitation that Roosevelt would not have been pleased. Like so many other natural wonders and wildernesses, the Canyon has become thoroughly "Disneyfied." Let no one misunderstand: I am a veteran Disney fan, but I also believe there are places that don't need to be phonied up for entertainment value. To board a bus and be taken from one tourist station to another, surrounded by "Grand Canyon" hats, mugs, and fake rattle snakes, was not my idea of escaping into nature...
...Enquirer had given police the name and beeper number of the tipster, who led investigators to a field off Cold Water Canyon Road, about five miles from the crime scene. There they found a gun that ballistics experts have reportedly linked to the murder, and a knit cap believed to have been worn by the killer. The trail also led to Markhasev, who was arrested at his North Hollywood apartment...
When it comes to the Postal Service, building a bridge to the 21st century apparently means burning countless bridges to the past. Livingston won't have to wait much longer to see which side of this canyon it ends up on. According to Wright, the decision is expected to be made by next Monday. In the meantime, thousands of locals are hoping the movie marquee across the street from their beloved post office isn't a grim coincidence. In stark black capital letters, it reads, THE RELIC...
...strategy, highlighted in a terrific ad campaign for "the softer side of Sears," has brought back women customers who had defected. Shoppers of both sexes are crowding into Sears' 820 stores this Christmas for everything from brand names like Sony and Timberland to newly stylish private labels such as Canyon River Blues denims and Circle of Beauty lipsticks...
...areas reclaimed from storage rooms and furniture departments that migrated to their own stores. To stock the shelves, new merchandising chief Robert Mettler, recruited from Robinson's, brought in popular national brands such as Champion, Arrow and B.U.M. and launched fashionable Sears-designed garments (imagine!) such as the Canyon River Blues and Crossroads casual wear lines. To unsnarl their flow through Sears' supply lines, Martinez hired his own three-star general, William ("Gus") Pagonis, who headed Army logistics during the Gulf...