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...most of us thrill-seeking Americans - especially the kiddies - scamper away gleefully to comply. People love roller-coasters for the same reason some toddlers giggle happily when their fathers swing them around by an arm and a leg: Behind the dizzying thrills there's a full expectation of being safely returned, flushed and panting, to their mothers' arms. As Ann Brown, chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, put it at a recent hearing on roller coaster safety, "Thrill rides are supposed to give people the illusion of danger - not actually put people at risk...
...only happen at Disneyland, of course. Casualties around the country, including several serious brain injuries, have prompted safety advocates to urge national standards for amusement park rides. And some scientific studies have surfaced in recent months tracing subdural hematomas, or blood clots, to riding high-speed roller coasters. In June, 28-year-old Pearl Santos died of a ruptured brain aneurysm after riding the Goliath roller coaster at the Six Flags Magic Mountain park in Valencia, California...
...numbers, the biggest, baddest, thrilling-est roller coaster in North America is "Superman: The Escape" at Six Flags Magic Mountain - 415 feet high with a 328-foot drop and cars that travel as close as roller coasters get to a speeding bullet: 100 miles per hour. Behemoths like that get built for a reason - that's how park-goers want it, and a real headliner roller coaster, though it may take $20 million to build, can make a park into a financial success by drawing beer-and-bravado-laced teens from miles around...
...day’s two events show the roller-coaster ride that Harvard’s relations with its host cities have taken on a yearly, monthly, and sometimes even daily basis, as the University goes from pushing its own development interests to patching up community relations disasters to trying to build partnerships...
...That was the worst emotional roller coaster, something you can't describe with words," Brazile says. "We knew it would be tough, so we were just trying to keep our people focused...