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...right kind of rifle at the right distance. It is a strange sensation to have something imagined for a long time take shape in reality. All the time spent out in the backyard aiming at a target only a few feet away, and all the time "skiing" on pavement without a trace of snow in sight, is now being translated into the real thing...
...march, Donna Bailey and two friends were headed for an outing at Enchanted Rock, a favorite climbing location north of Austin, Texas. Suddenly the Ford Explorer in which they were riding took a nasty swerve. "The tire just started separating, and my friend lost control," Bailey recalls. Although the pavement was dry, the Explorer skidded and rolled. Bailey's friends walked away. But the 43-year-old mother of two was left suspended by her seat belt, paralyzed from the neck down...
Luke R. Long '03 has been pounding the pavement in Adams House, shaking hands and trying to meet his prospective constituency...
...awed by the grandeur of first impressions. Perhaps the closeness of the Loker barracks provided better opportunities to "get to know your neighbors" than the ice cream bash. Or perhaps it was the embarrassment that they should have known what was coming all along: If the holes in the pavement in front of your building date back to before the advent of electricity, then the support beams in your ceiling are probably that old as well...
...what's a parent to do as kids zip back to school atop the latest craze? Think safety: Due to their small size and insubstantial weight, the scooters are hard to handle. Bumps or rocks on the pavement can cause small fry to lose their balance and fall, which means anything from scraped knees to fractured skulls. Tuesday's report advises parents to wrap protective gear around their kids' limbs and to insist on helmets. Of course, the extra padding may not add to the all-important "cool" factor, but it could be the difference between a fall...