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...started where one often starts at the beginning of a career--at the very bottom. For the first few weeks, I photocopied, typed up forms, tried my hand (and miserably failed) at taking dictation and sought to reorganize a mountain of files that had be recently transferred from another firm. Somewhere into my third paycheck (at this point I was still focused on the money), I was summoned into the office of one of the partners, who said that I had wasted enough time at the fax machine and that I should find myself some real work to do. Slightly...
While bikes are back, they're not your father's Schwinn or Raleigh. Since his day, bikes moved from the road or racing models, with their skinny tires and hunched-over riders, to mountain or off-road bikes on which cyclists in a half-upright position rolled on fat, nubby tires, cushioned by front and rear suspension. Then came the hybrid, combining tall, medium-width tires and a broad seat with springs, allowing for an upright riding position. Now comes the ultimate body-coddling machine: the "comfort" model. It marries the seat, tires and upright ride of the hybrid with...
...clothing, which volunteers then trucked to the finish line. At 9:30, we joined the steady stream of cyclists for the long ride eastward. Those on svelte road bikes were the fastest, but in the rain their narrow tires were especially vulnerable to punctures. Cyclists on workhorse mountain bikes had to pump the hardest. Most of our pedaling was on the broad asphalt shoulder of Montauk Highway, which parallels the coast as it runs through resort towns and lavish residential areas. Forsythia, lilac, horse chestnut, wisteria and dogwood splashed bright colors against the rain-wrung greenery, and sometimes the fragrance...
...RIVER WILD In this Rocky Mountain rafting movie, Meryl Streep's brood is terrorized by creepy criminals on the lam. What kind of mother is she? Doesn't she know that proper family vacations take place...
...knew were so much that I was not--tall, cool, college-bound, unconcerned with the tormenting intricacies of my school's social geography. In my wide eyes they looked like heroes. But when I became a senior myself I smiled at my youthful enthusiasm. From the top of the mountain that had seemed so towering from below, the view was the same as ever...