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LOCATION The Sun Valley Lodge in the lush mountains of Sun Valley, Idaho, a winter ski resort about 6,000 ft. above sea level and accessible most easily by gas-guzzling private...
...backseaters are responsible for situational awareness, and if it's been decided that they're not culpable, the question is whether they've agreed to testify," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. Their testimony could reveal what happened in the cockpit immediately before the Prowler struck a ski lift, killing 20 people. Initially, the four airmen stuck to an identical account of the accident, while a Camcorder found inside the plane contained a tape that had been erased. "The fact that the tape had been recorded over suggests there may have been something to hide," says Thompson...
...Used to Be (Houghton Mifflin; 464 pages; $25), grows from the same earth. He used the identical title for a short story about a mystical oil geologist who, like the novel's hero, can see oil beneath mountains. The lead female character, a woman strong enough to ski for miles carrying a grown man on her back, could be the daughter of a yeti-like succubus in his story The Myths of Bears. And the novel's wilderness setting is very like the author's home valley in northern Montana, glorified in The Book of Yaak...
...nice. According to Vermont's supreme court, obeying the rules of the sandbox meant replacing the state's old school-funding system, in which local property taxes generally paid for local education, because doing things that way had led to terrific schools in affluent communities (especially those graced with ski slopes or resort lakes) and threadbare facilities for the have-nots. Under Act 60, the well off now face higher property taxes and slashed school budgets, while working-class communities can expect tax cuts and budget increases. Starting this year, property taxes will be collected by Montpelier and sent back...
...used to competing against these people," said Baxter, who skied competitively in high school. "We are racing against skiers who train everyday and who went to ski academies. It has been a challenge...