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...tilt coaster." That means it's not just the cars that move. The track does, too, tilting at a terrifying 88deg angle as screaming riders hurtle through space. Cyclone New York A 1927 creation on New York City's Coney Island, this ride was named a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1991. It's the world's most copied roller coaster, with seven replicas operating in the U.S., Europe and Japan. The Ultimate Ripon, England If you're a glutton for punishment, you'll enjoy the Ultimate, one of the world's longest coasters. Built in 1991, it offers...
...main purpose of a summit should not center on pomp and circumstance. Nor should it be satisfied with just a nice but token overture of friendliness. There is simply too much at stake for the focus of this landmark visit to be anywhere but on the issues at hand...
Roberts, in one of his most sweeping statements of the day, affirmed that he believes the U.S. Constitution protects a right to privacy. He called Roe v. Wade—the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion—both “settled law” and a precedent to be respected...
...enough of Mubarak!"). He proposed the constitutional change two months later, days after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice abruptly canceled a visit to Egypt in evident displeasure with another regime crackdown on opponents. Rice piled on the pressure again in June, choosing Cairo for the venue of a landmark speech calling for greater Arab reform. Acknowledging that Mubarak had finally "unlocked the door for change," she warned his regime to hold a free and fair election...
...take on city hall. Last week, 20-year-old office worker Billy Leung won a landmark case when a High Court judge in Hong Kong ruled that the territory's chastening laws on gay sex?including an age of consent of 21 (it's 16 for straights)?were discriminatory, unconstitutional and "demeaning." (Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1991, but not fully.) This is the first time a Hong Kong court has ruled that homosexuals are "equal under the law." Why did Leung choose to fight this legal battle? He told TIME: "I don't want to be treated as a second...