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...Colli may enjoy his 150-ft. to 200-ft. bouncing swoops down the side of a building, but safe rappelling technique demands a steady, slower rate of descent. Bouncing jumps and pendulum motions put a tremendous strain on the rope and the anchor points; if either fails, Colli could lose his life. It is unfortunate that your cover picture featured such unsafe techniques...
...Este I met a twelve-year-old boy named Roberto. At night he would weep and cry out for his mother, pleading to be allowed to go home. To silence him, the guards would throw buckets of cold water and bottles at him or beat him with a rope. Roberto had been sentenced to prison because, while walking in the street, he had seen a pistol lying on the seat of an automobile belonging to a commander in the Ministry of the Interior. Just for fun, he had picked up the gun and shot it into...
Looking at the small but somewhat restrained crowd that was being kept behind a rope, the Pope could see a large white banner that read, WELCOME HOLY FATHER. It was signed ACTORS in the familiar flowing red lettering that Poles have come to identify with the Solidarity logo. If that bit of subterfuge had conveyed a poignant message without violating official prohibitions on the display of the banned union's emblems, John Paul showed that he could be equally deft in making a point without resorting to inflammatory rhetoric...
Where there's a benefit, there's always a way to rope in a celebrity between engagements. It's even easier when the event calls for the guest performers to do something a little different to parade their versatility. For Mary Tyler Moore, 45, all it took was a request for her to stretch those famous legs and hit the boards in a dance number-calling up talents that kept her in tooth polish long before the Mary Tyler Moore Show. And so, hat cocked and collar up, Moore will be joining a smart blue chorus line...
...this Himalayan peak is the second highest mountain in the world, topped only by Everest. On the way down, Harold lost his footing and suffered a critical leg wound. Only Taylor can descend for help. He is short 120 ft. of much needed rope, having left it at the last stopping place. He climbs the sheer wall three times to secure it. It is a feat of hair-raising tension that earns DeMunn spontaneous applause for his endeavors. But nature is not mocked or appeased. The rope hurtles by the pair in a brutal snowslide that nearly buries them...