Word: riding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this stunning, pummeling ride, visitors are strapped into a "scoop" (cab) that twists and lurches in the dark while 3-D images of destruction explode from 25 large movie screens to the accompaniment of cunning fire and water effects. Spider-Man jumps onto the hood of the scoop, Doctor Octopus shakes it like a gorilla with a new toy, Hobgoblin tosses flaming pumpkins, Electro makes malefic use of a giant socket plug, Hydro Man spritzes everyone, and the scoop plummets what feels like hundreds of feet from the sky into concrete canyons that suddenly seem grand--Grand Guignol, that...
...theater lights dim. I watch Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi whip out their lightsabers. Another generation battles it out. I sit back and enjoy the ride. Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan '02, a Crimson editor, is an English concentrator in Holworthy Hall. Salacious Crumb is the small cackling being who tries to rip out C-3PO's eye in Return of the Jedi. Peter Mayhew played Chewbacca. And the ice creature of Hoth who attacks Luke in The Empire Strikes Back is a Wampa. As for Boba Fett's third cousin twice removed, she recommends you ask Melissa...
...there's any consolation for both companies, it's that they probably have a little breathing room before things really start to close in. Satellite makers know that space flight is a tricky business, and they must factor in a 5% to 10% launch-failure rate. And hitching a ride into space aboard some other country's rocket is not easy. Russia knows the space game, but federal quotas limit the number of U.S. satellites that can ride Russian rockets. Europe's Ariane provides a far better alternative, but that rocket appears to be a victim of its own success...
...search or arrest warrant, if allowing such outsiders to tag along into the home is "not in aid of the execution" of the warrant. Though aimed at police for overstepping their authority, the ruling scores a direct hit on picture-hungry journalists. The requests of news organizations for "media ride-alongs" to boost the ratings of their shows with action-packed footage are unlikely to be granted by police now that their departments can be sued...
...appropriate that the cost of the system be shared by everyone who benefits from it, and not just those who ride. The extra 15 cents would not hurt, but the precedent that the system should pay for itself would. Other parts of the bill, including a provision that would more fairly charge the towns that benefit from the MBTA for service, should be adopted. The fare hike, though, should not. The legislature must make it clear that the burden of supporting public transportation does not fall on the backs of riders...