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...summit lifts were closed because of high winds, so we took an easy run from the mid-station. The trail "One More Time," an intermediate trail without any serious pitch, was fine for a first run but lacked the excitement of a more challenging and steep slope...
Some people complete on the ski slope and others prefer competing on the ski line. The fashion conciousness that pervades Stratton makes clear that the mountain is preferred by the latter. It's not that Stratton doesn't have some first-rate trails and a second-to-none junior racing program, it's just that a great number of the skiers care about the clothes they wear, and they'll notice yours as well...
Jumping off at the entrance to my car, I landed in the bed of gravel on which the tracks rest. Sliding down the steep slope toward the soft mud below, I stepped over several cables. Fortunately, they were not carrying current...
...promises to be a classic struggle. On one side: environmentalists, guardians of the 18 million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which sits on Alaska's North Slope near the Canadian border. An untouched domain of musk oxen, polar bears, golden eagles, wolves and a cherished herd of 180,000 caribou, the preserve is one of the nation's last pristine animal ranges. The opposition: developers who seek the vast energy riches believed to lie beneath the refuge's 1.5 million-acre coastal plain. These reserves may hold as much as 5 billion to 30 billion...
However, while ascribing rights to a fetus may be a convenient way to argue for child support, Monson's case shows it to be a slippery slope toward granting the state an interest not only in the conduct of its citizens, but also in their bodies...