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...fortnight ago it did. In Niagara Falls, Lieut. Commander Robert Michael Gershon, 32, was piloting his Skyhawk through a stunt called the opposing blivot, in which two planes approach head on, then, as they come within 200 ft. of each other, go into steep climbs. At the peak of the stunt, the pilots pull out of a 6,000-ft.-high loop, point their planes downward and crisscross paths at a 45° angle. It was during that precisely timed climax that Gershon's plane and another A-4 collided. The pilot of the other plane ejected and parachuted to safety...
...southpaw allowed two inherited runners to score and surrendered an additional two-run homer, displaying she was far from back to peak form...
...have to be consistent and play tough against every team, and can’t wait for something to click,” she said. “We want to peak at the right time...
...knowledgeable staff, and a great price list. A drop-in visit for a tanning bed will cost you $10, and one month of unlimited tanning is $61, but flash your student ID and you’ll get 20 percent off. While you may have to wait during peak hours, its vaguely baroque waiting room isn’t a bad place to cozy up with that rarely touched Moral Reasoning sourcebook...
...belongs to Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880, who ascended to the most powerful position in the country at the tender age of 42 after the assassination of William McKinley in 1901. Eight years later, at the time in their lives when most politicians are just beginning to hit their peak, Roosevelt was already a former president and embarking on the most fascinating and tumultuous leg of his colorful career...