Word: slopes
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ROSEBUD SAFETY TIPS For many kids, the best part of winter is a good sled ride down a snowy slope. To keep the thrill safe, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is urging parents to supervise the fun--and to put helmets on children under 12. Each year about 7,000 kids suffer head injuries in sledding crashes. Younger children are especially vulnerable because they have proportionally larger heads, higher centers of gravity and less developed coordination. For a brochure on how to sled safely, call...
...There's a slippery slope argument," he said. "If the ASCR sticks to this point it's possible CCSR might redraw the line. It could take a couple of years...
...milder ones--such as stopping a corporation from engaging in certain anticompetitive actions--may even be worse. "You'd have a judge in effect as CEO, micromanaging every decision," warns Jeff Eisenach, president of the conservative Progress & Freedom Foundation. "It's the first step down the slippery slope to government regulation of the computer industry...
...Steve is there, leaning against the glass wall of the T station. His shoulders slope; he holds his arms folded across his chest; his blond hair pokes out from under his backward baseball cap. He smiles, goofy, shy, maybe sheepish, when he sees Beth. Beth grins and grins. Carrie stands off to the side, crossing her legs and putting one All-star sneaker on top of the other. Beth and Steve talk for a good seven minutes. They hug. Beth moves over to Carrie; they stand conferring. Steve turns his back to them to talk to his friends. The girls...
Life is good. My older brother and I grew up in Park Slope playing whiffle ball on President Street after school, thriving under the tutelage of Coach Dad in the local Catholic Little League and muscling our way through...