Word: jaunt
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...importance in subsequent decades. But in the 1960s, a Wasilla resident named Dorothy Page moved to memorialize its importance by staging a race during Alaska's centennial celebrations in 1967. The inaugural title was won by Isaac Okleasik, who pocketed $25,000 for speeding through the abbreviated 27-mile jaunt. After a one-year hiatus due to lack of snow, the modest second running in 1969 drew just 12 mushers and paid out a mere $1,000. (See TIME's Top 10 Endurance Competitions...
Twelve students strapped on their walking shoes for a Food Literacy Project-led “Culinary Cambridge Walking Tour” on Saturday. The jaunt was led by FLP Administrator Theresa A. McCulla ’04, and included stops at chef Julia Child’s former home, Savenor’s Market, and locally-owned café, The Biscuit. McCulla said that the purpose of the tour was to introduce students to culinary points of interest in Cambridge. “It’s so easy to just stay on campus without realizing that...
...keep us hoping that the artist is still up to his old tricks. And when Keith paws a “Creole woman” in the second track and then moves on to the best cut of the album, a high-energy, hook-heavy jaunt with a rebellious preacher’s daughter, it seems like that hope might not be in vain. But the warning signs are already evident—she may be sitting on a motorcyle, but this girl’s got a Bible and a gentle touch, and Keith is receptive...
...boyfriend, on the other hand, desires two things in a holiday: "all-inclusive" and "beach." Also, since he can't bear to be away from the office for more than a day, his fantasy jaunt would take place over a long weekend and wouldn't require more than two hours' travel time. There would be Wi-Fi everywhere and everyone would speak English...
...been the only "safe road" back to Kabul, Kangley found himself hanging out in Bamian for three days more. "We eventually were prepared to take a U.N. flight out," he says. "The locals unblocked the road just in time and we left by car in an exciting all-night jaunt...