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...going skydiving. Static line jumping, mind you, not accelerated free fall or anything fancy like that. In static jumping, the main ripcord is attached to the plane, automatically opening the canopy at the beginning of the fall. (That's how the theory goes, at least...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Free Falling My Way Through This Reading Period | 4/25/1992 | See Source »

...whole, Mount Snow is a great mountain for intermediate skiers. Only 13 of their 75 trails are rated expert. But those 13 have fairly steep pitches, and the "Ripcord" trail can hold its own against any other area's expert slopes...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Vermont's Best White Powder | 1/23/1987 | See Source »

...Best nightspot Snow Barn Haigs Pot Belly Pub Wobbly Barn The Blue Tooth Price of a hamburger $2.75 $2.50 $2.65 $2.60$2.50 Driving time 3 hours 3 1/2 hours 3 1/2 hours 3 3/4 hours 4 hours Number of trails/lifts 75/16 86/10 60/8 100/ 17 68/16 Hardest trail Ripcord World Cup Double Diamond Outer Limits Upper...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Vermont's Best White Powder | 1/23/1987 | See Source »

...director of several corporations, including Equitable Life Assurance and Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal. At the time of the merger, his Bendix shares were worth about $1.4 million. In addition, unless shareholders sue successfully to stop him, he can pull the ripcord on a golden-parachute deal written into the merger agreement. It entitles him to receive his annual $825,000 salary for five years after he steps down, a plump severance package worth more than $4.1 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golden Goodbye | 2/21/1983 | See Source »

...months, judging from other white knight mergers. Top managers of acquired companies rarely stay past the time it takes for the acquiring company to learn the ropes and bring in its own people. It took only 16 months, for example, for John Duncan, 62, to pull the ripcord on his $1 million golden parachute after the company he headed, St. Joe Minerals Corp., was bought 18 months ago by Fluor Corp. to escape a hostile bid by Seagram Co. Ltd. of Canada...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White Knights and Black Eyes | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

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