Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clothes, and, when no formal guests are expected, to don jeans from time to time while working in the White House. He may also continue to stay overnight occasionally in private homes as he travels the U.S. He wants to minimize the use of Air Force One and to ride in an armored Ford LTD instead of the bigger and fancier Continental limousine most Presidents have used...
...with at least eleven of the 19 rounds. After half an hour it became apparent that the Moroccans would not be coming out to fight that day. The fires were covered, and we started leisurely back to base camp, eight hours away-the first leg in a two-day ride across the immense desert to the safety of Algeria...
Still, Alpine skiing has considerable aesthetic appeal. On a nice day a ride on a chairlift will provide a fantastic display of scenery. An unspoiled trail leading down through a grove of snow-covered trees can be breathtakingly beautiful. The appreciation of the outdoors is a refreshing contrast to the normal attitude toward winter. On a mountain you use the outdoors rather than flee them for the warm confines of Lamont. It is far too easy to sound giddily rhapsodic, but acres of powdery snow (or more frequently, gleaming ice) can inspire enough reverential thought about nature to inspire lifetime...
...good friend of mine told me of his own brush with death on the trail. He went over the edge of what appeared to be a small jump and found himself staring at an eight foot drop. He told himself to relax and enjoy the ride and began to project his trajectory when he noticed a fallen tree resting on its branches directly in his path. He slammed into it at full speed, the trunk hitting him in mid-thigh. He, too, managed to ski away with only severe bruises. He skis...
...soon promoted to Secretary of the Army and in 1964 to Deputy Defense Secretary, the No. 2 job in the military-a post he had to leave in 1967 because of an excruciatingly painful slipped disc in his spine. To get better support for his back, Vance used to ride in the front seat of command cars, with the result that the aides riding in the rear got all his salutes...