Word: canyoneering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...year, when they would show up with gifts for a family who wrote to his dad's TV station, asking for help. Now he wonders if it is better to give money and get out of the way, as he does when he gets off Highway 101 at Laurel Canyon Blvd., where there's always a person begging for money. "You think, This is a $20 light. So you hope to catch the light. And then you feel guilty for hoping to catch the light," he says. "People say, They'll buy booze. Fair enough. They need it." Clooney, having...
...boast, promise, world record and broken bone, he became a bigger figure and graced more lunchboxes. Driven to top himself, he pushed motorcycle design, and his luck, by commissioning the Skycycle, a rocket-boosted cycle he would use for his most famous jump. Trying to clear the Snake River Canyon in Idaho in 1974, he was blown into the chasm when a malfunctioning parachute deployed. That the chute also saved his life - he escaped with minor injuries - was only some consolation...
...Iraq in his take on Clinton may reflect the low priority she gives the war. She tragically misreads how the majority of Americans view the conflict. And while Clinton is tiptoeing around the issue, Barack Obama and John Edwards have a campaign opening as wide as the Grand Canyon if they're wise enough to use it. M. Lewis Stein, IRVINE, CALIF...
...Iraq in his take on Clinton may reflect the low priority she gives the war. She tragically misreads how the majority of Americans view the conflict. And while Clinton is tiptoeing around the issue, Barack Obama and John Edwards have a campaign opening as wide as the Grand Canyon if they're wise enough to use it. M. Lewis Stein, Irvine, Calif...
...Then, when things seemed to be damped down, the friends helped Leo drive out two of his three expensive cars to safety in Del Mar. On the way back out, they could see the wind gusts kicking up the embers, which were blowing everywhere. As they were leaving the canyon area, they saw another house go up in flames. "The fire was fully blazing," says Gudim. "Every window of the house...