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...mystery; others, the death merchant. He was the subject of the 1986 best seller Manhunt: the Dramatic Pursuit of a CIA Agent Turned Terrorist, by Peter Maas. The former Marine, 77, stands 6 ft. 4 in. tall and was someone to be reckoned with. But Edwin Wilson's roller-coaster ride as a freelance spy flew off the rails in 1982, when he was lured out of Libya in a sting operation conducted by U.S. marshals. He then was convicted in a series of sensational trials for gunrunning, selling 20 tons of C-4 plastic explosives to Libya and conspiring...
...down I-5 in San Diego, where he grew up in a blue-collar family with mother Denise, a deputy sheriff in a county jail; stepfather LaMar, a security officer; and half brother Jovan, 14. Bush's relationship with his biological father, which he describes as a "a roller coaster," complicated his childhood. "It was tough with both sides of the family not getting along too well," he says. "[I was] caught in a tug-of-war." Bush calls LaMar his father (during his Heisman acceptance speech, Bush broke down while thanking him). Luckily, football offered plenty of solace. Bush...
HEART-STOPPING THRILL RIDE A study of 55 adults on a roller coaster called Expedition GeForce reports that it triggered irregular heartbeats and atrial fibrillation, potentially fatal for heart patients...
...Scare. “[A]n entity as extreme as a gay-purging tribunal needed exceptional energy and passion to propel it into existence,” Wright tells us. “That energy came from Lester Wilcox.”Wright takes his readers on a roller-coaster ride through Wilcox’s twisted psyche. A former cocaine addict, Wilcox would become an abusive father and husband—and he spent the last 27 years of his life in a mental hospital suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. “[H]is inchoate madness may have energized...
...than his mouth. “He is not much of a talker,” Burmeister said. “But when he does talk, everyone really takes it to heart.” When the team was riding out the ups and downs of its heretofore roller coaster season, Garcia’s consistent play and optimism helped keep the team focused. “Mike is always positive even when the team is down and has a winning attitude,” Voith said. “Even through losses, people can turn...