Word: climbing
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...well-muscled Leonidas—star of the mayhem-laden film “300”—claws his way up a bare rock face. The Spartan commander has only a cloak and a loincloth to protect him from the elements. Despite his formidable abdominals, the climb seems to be giving him some trouble...
...Weston Bowen, deputy director of the Straus Center for Conservation at the Fogg Art Museum, died of cancer at her home in Lexington, Mass. earlier this month. She was 54. Bowen is remembered for the relentless energy that she brought to her passions for art conservation, gardening, and rock climbing. Bowen’s younger brother, Frederick W. Weston III, recounted spending the past Fourth of July with his sister at their family lake house in Maine, saying that as the rest of their family relaxed before the annual antique wooden boat parade, Bowen was busy planting a bush...
...stakes could hardly be higher: With a U.S. recession looming and the dollar at its lowest-ever value against major currencies, oil prices reached a new record high on Thursday, crashing through the $111-a-barrel mark. That's a climb of about 30% in just six months, and this week it sent the prices at U.S. gas pumps soaring to a record national average of $3.27 a gallon...
...potential presidential candidate, Spitzer must try to repair a career in tatters. "I go forward with the belief, as others have said, that as human beings, our greatest glory consists not of never falling, but rising each time we fall," Spitzer said. He has a long, steep climb ahead of him. "I assume he'll go into the real estate industry, which his father is involved with, banking, or the practice of law," says Koch. His degree makes a return to private law practice enticing, though disbarment is a "real issue," says Burstein. A conviction is not required for disbarment...
Gerberding and other health authorities point out that the benefits of vaccines far exceed their risks. They also note that thimerosal was eliminated from routinely administered childhood vaccines manufactured after 2001, and yet autism rates have continued to climb. The current CDC estimate is that 1 of 150 American children has an autism spectrum disorder...