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...ski runs down from Hanover, NH to Boston, MA, we have our own Dean Wormer in the form of Governor A. Paul Cellucci, who seems to think the teachers of Massachusetts are no better than the Delta frat boys. He has been holding teachers and teacher candidates on double-secret probation since the institution of a competency exam last spring, blasting away on his ceremonial, Silber-plated whistle...
...with one palm and draping the microphone cord around his neck. Berg clearly enjoyed playing to a receptive, albeit unknown, crowd. Not one to miss a chance to connect with the audience, he dedicated the song "Elvis" to an enthusiastic fan who was wearing an enormous pair of ski goggles. Kent is an incredibly talented, charismatic band-hopefully they are only tasting the beginning of their overseas success...
...SKI COSTS HEADING DOWNHILL If you're dreaming of hitting the slopes before the powder melts, you might want to head north of the border. With the Canadian dollar near record lows, ski resorts like Whistler in British Columbia and Mont-Tremblant in Quebec are offering the best deals. A five-night, four-day stay at a Whistler hotel (including lift tickets) costs about $400, while a trip to Vail or Aspen goes for $500 to $700. No wonder visitors to Colorado's slopes, which until recently were beset by weak snowfall, are down 11% this year. That means...
Critics of the U.S. military on both sides of the Atlantic are focusing their attention on Camp Lejeune, N.C., as the first court-martial gets under way for the ski gondola accident that killed 20 last year in Italy. Captain Richard Ashby, the pilot of the Marine plane that sliced the gondola's supporting cables, faces 20 counts of involuntary manslaughter that could put him in prison for life. The case is highly charged, not only because of the gruesomeness of the incident, but also because it has awakened the latent political resentment many Italians harbor against the U.S. military...
...defense will strongly argue that the ski lift cable was not marked on maps, while prosecutors will maintain that the pilot was obligated to fly at a minimum of 1,000 feet and the cable was hung at about 370 feet. "The prosecution's argument will be that yardsticks don't lie," says Thompson. Whatever the trial's outcome, many of Ashby's colleagues have already weighed the matter in their minds, and their judgment does not bode well for the pilot. "Many other Marine pilots have been angered by the accident and have concluded the crew was hot-dogging...