Word: hikes
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...mandatory UHS fee will increase by 12 percent, from $1,020 to $1,142 per year, while the optional Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) insurance plan will see an even greater hike, rising from $750 to $1,196 per year...
Donahue said that the hike in financial aid exceeds the rising cost of tuition, a reflection of the College’s commitment to ease the financial burden placed on students and their families...
...some point, the 6-ft. 2-in. climber fashioned a tourniquet to stanch the blood. After the amputation, he told rescuers, he used his remaining arm to rappel 50 to 75 ft. to the canyon floor. He had to hike another seven miles to find help. Bandaged and bleeding profusely, Ralston was walking with two other hikers who had encountered him when Sergeant Mitch Vetere of the Emery County Sheriff's Department spotted the group from a helicopter. Once aboard, Ralston asked for water but was remarkably stoic. "He was drained but coherent," says Vetere. "He seemed pretty calm...
...exotic. Last September, Tera Davenport, 25, a nanny, and Eric Donahoo, 30, a construction worker, traveled from Santa Clara, Calif., to Arizona to marry at Rainbow Bridge National Monument on Lake Powell. Thirty-eight guests joined them for a two-hour boat trip and a 20-minute hike to the site, where the bride changed from shorts and a T shirt into her wedding dress. The ship's captain performed the ceremony, after which the couple released butterflies, a local Native American tradition. The following day, Tera and Eric rented a houseboat with nine friends for a group honeymoon...
...unpleasant urban wasteland abuts this vital railyard, and Harvard development of the other 44 acres of this 91-acre parcel could clean up the neighborhood while preserving the railyard. Since Barrios also represents a good number of working class voters, he is aware of the hardships another MBTA fare hike would bring. And as a state senator, Barrios has a broader perspective as well. He is aware of the importance of this railyard as a transportation link for the region as a whole—as well as the vital necessity of developing the property adjacent to it. When Barrios...