Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Older than international bobsledding itself, Feierabend sleds have been bobbing down the chutes for more than 50 years. First built by Fritz's father, Carl, a peppery little (110 Ib.) character who took his last bobsled ride ten years ago at the age of 68, the sleds are no more than a flexible framework of tubular steel mounted on two sets of strong steel runners. Just about the only way they differ is in the steering apparatus. Most drivers prefer a wheel. Ham-handed Fritz Feierabend uses short ropes hooked directly to the steering runners. "With ropes...
Open Up Your Heart (Cowboy Church Sunday School; Decca). "Smilers never lose and frowners never win," is the moral of this spellbinder, and a splendid group of really mean-sounding little boys gives it the ride it so richly deserves...
...airlines, harassed by passengers who fail to show up for reservations, Spain is an airline paradise. Iberia, the Spanish government's airline, has more passengers than it can handle. Almost every seat on every flight is filled; often the only way to wangle a ride is by a special letter of introduction to the pilot...
...cutting of speeches and shuffling of scenes in these last few minutes is more irritating because a good deal of time has just been wasted on a new version of why the crucial letter was not delivered, and dramatic shots of Romeo's wild ride from Mantua. It is too bad that the weakest aspects of the adaptation cluster at the end of the movie, since they tend to sour what is on the whole a perceptive and tasteful...
...Some ride grandly through the dark door with banners flying and speeches set. Saints often talk as though they were going home. "Lord, now is the time to arise and go!" said St. Teresa of Avila. "The good time which I welcome, which is Thy will; the hour when I must leave my exile, and my soul shall enjoy the fulfillment of all her desire!" St. John the Evangelist was also eager to leave: "Thou hast invited me to Thy table, Lord; and behold I come, thanking Thee for having invited me, for Thou knowest that I have desired...