Word: canyoning
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Akoan for Action Man: What kind of expensive military hardware took its form, according to the bearer's whim, from a cow's head, a rice bowl, a pair of rabbit ears, a water plantain, a whirlpool, a pumpkin, a canyon, or the cone-shaped head of the God of Longevity? The answer is kaware kabuto, which translates from the Japanese as "conspicuous helmets." These were the singular headgear worn into battle, or during the formal maneuvers preceding it, by Japanese clan leaders, before the accurate, quick-firing arms of the 19th century rendered the helmets, their wearers...
...tallest volcano is three times as high as Mount Everest, and its great rift valley plunges to over four times the depth of the Grand Canyon. Global dust storms with winds up to 300 m.p.h. sometimes obscure its arid surface, which is pocked with vast gulches and deltas apparently left by ancient rivers. And maybe, just maybe, its stones bear fossils of primitive creatures that vanished billions of years ago with the waters that gave them life...
...question for Americans mystified by the Grand Canyon that divides Washington from this country’s real challenges is: Where are the problem-solvers like Angus King...
...York University in September when he called the Iraq war a “colossal failure of judgment” and said he would not have invaded. But it was too late. He’d already hedged his bets, telling reporters at the side of the Grand Canyon that he would have authorized force against Iraq, even knowing everything he knew now. Kerry had achieved the fine art of simultaneously playing it safe and shooting himself in the foot...
...Wilson, who lives on Western Avenue, threatened to organize a petition to protest Hill’s proposal if it gains momentum. Building on Western Avenue would “make [the street] into another canyon,” require changing the zoning laws and significantly diminish accessibility to the river by the neighborhood, she said...