Word: skiing
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...wife Adele, a dancer, fled the Nazis in 1939 and settled at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, where he worked with Einstein. In his later years Godel grew paranoid about the spread of germs, and he became notorious for compulsively cleaning his eating utensils and wearing ski masks with eye holes wherever he went. He died at age 72 in a Princeton hospital, essentially because he refused to eat. Much as formal systems, thanks to their very power, are doomed to incompleteness, so living beings, thanks to their complexity, are doomed to perish, each in its own unique...
...shall say we are satisfied when whoever is responsible for what happened is found guilty and punished," said Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema. The day before, a military jury in Camp Lejeune, N.C., had acquitted Captain Richard Ashby, a U.S. Marine pilot whose EA-6B warplane severed a ski gondola in the Italian Alps on Feb. 3, 1998, sending 20 Europeans to their death...
...Second killer avalanche hits Austrian ski resorts; death toll hits...
Penny saving is just the start. Sonora's Stanislaus National Forest has 811 miles of rivers and streams, 1,200 miles of trails and 1,258 campsites. The region boasts two nearby ski resorts, including the Dodge Ridge Wintersports area, which offers significant discounts for adults 62 and over...
SKATE PRO In-line skates seem to get cooler and pricier every year. While the earliest models felt like clunky ski boots on wheels, great strides were soon made with lightweight, breathable materials and easy braking techniques. Now K2's $400 Escape skates feature a "Splitframe" hinge between the front and back wheels, so skaters can bend their feet to generate a more natural, powerful stroke. In our test-skate, the Escapes felt fast and light...