Word: rides
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Josef Korbel ran a strict household. Routines were sacred, which meant the children were expected to be at dinner--on time. An invitation to the prom in ninth grade sparked a family fight between Albright and her father. At issue was the question of whether she could ride in her date's car. Her father decided she would ride with her date and he would follow...
...kinks out--at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Calif. It is the tallest (415 ft.) and fastest (100 m.p.h.) roller coaster ever built. Chang, which opened in April in Louisville's Kentucky Kingdom, claims the "tallest vertical loop for any roller coaster" (121 ft.), while a new ride 200 ft. tall at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pa., is distinguishing itself as "the tallest, longest and fastest steel roller coaster on the East Coast." The Great White at Sea World of Texas in San Antonio is that state's only inverted coaster. But what...
...fast-moving, 3000 pound cars. Not only does the ordinance put lives at risk, but it will annoy both bikers and drivers. In Harvard Square, traffic is often bumper-to-bumper and cars are always parked along the sides of streets, so bikers will often have no place to ride, giving students who live in the Quad nowhere...
...exactly lying in a hammock monitoring cloud patterns. As the head of Amblin Entertainment he shepherded a passel of hit movies, including The Flintstones, Casper and Twister. He helped develop TV's ER, masterminded a CD-ROM (Steven Spielberg's Directors Chair) and oversaw the giddy, multithrill Jurassic Park ride at Universal Studios, Hollywood. Oh, yes, he also started, with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, a little outfit called DreamWorks SKG; Spielberg oversees the live-action film unit. And in the noblest spin-off generated by a hit movie, the director of Schindler's List established the Survivors...
...Baby James, was made for a mere $8,000 in 1970. Hourglass, which was recorded in a rented house on the Vineyard, cost $400,000. One thing that has not changed is the often bumpy transition as an artist moves from oblivion to stardom. It can be a scary ride, and it almost killed Taylor. "I was just swept away," he recalls about his bouts with heroin and alcohol. He has been clean and sober for 13 years, and is convinced that 12-step programs are the only answer to substance abuse...