Word: rollerism
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...fact, it's likely the vagaries of consumer impulse will continue to befuddle the best prognosticators at least some of the time. No matter how much data suggest otherwise, a nervous mother of two may get roped into riding a roller coaster and discover a new passion for risk. A stilettoed fashionista might wobble into Wal-Mart. Some things will always be unpredictable...
...Chinese giant was so dazzled by the lights of Las Vegas that he didn't notice the furtive glances of the tourists gathering around him. Trying to unwind after a few days of intense training in August, the basketball sensation had just taken a ride on the roller coaster atop the Stratosphere tower--he was lucky there wasn't a maximum height limit to get on--and now he was gazing out over the gaudiest stretch of urban landscape in America. He marveled at the brightly illuminated replicas of the Eiffel Tower, the Manhattan skyline, the dazzling fountains of Rome...
...Once a summer hot spot, the Dells (located off I90/94) now attracts winter tourists to its 18 indoor water-park resorts. Opened in 2000, the African-themed Kalahari Resort's indoor park doubled in size last year with such rides as the Botswana Blast, a 570-ft. uphill water roller coaster. Nearby, the Wild West-themed Wilderness Resort added a third indoor water park this year. Among the latest parks are the North Woods--inspired Great Wolf Lodge in suburban Kansas City, Kans. (off I-70 and I-435), and the 1-acre Splash Lagoon in Erie...
...keeping your palate fresh." Tallula bills itself as French-Indian and has dishes like spiced pommes frites with mango ketchup and tandoori squab with cashews and spinach, each costing from $5 to $16. Says Khera: "You have so many flavor profiles going on, you're kind of on a roller-coaster ride in your mouth." And if one wild ride isn't enough, you can always order seconds...
Among many Harvard-affiliated donors to Congressional campaigns and national parties in the last year, the FEC report showed Swanee Hunt, a KSG adjunct lecturer in public policy and former ambassador, to be a particularly high roller...