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...roller coaster field, but as new challengers have shown, no country has a monopoly on thrills. Here are some of our favorites, from Ohio to Taichung. Millennium Force Ohio This isn't the world's fastest ride anymore, but it may still be the scariest. The agonizingly slow crawl to the apex, overlooking Lake Erie, will have you begging for the 149-km/h drop. Leap The Dips Pennsylvania Located in Lakemont Park, Altoona, Leap the Dips was built in 1902. It's the oldest roller coaster Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel...
...progress in the effort to defuse the insurgency through dealmaking has been slow--and in some cases has led the U.S. to ease pressure on individuals tied to rebel groups. Consider the careful handling of Harith al-Dhari, chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars and one of Iraq's most important Sunni leaders. In late 2003, several insurgent groups began to meet regularly in the Umm al-Qura mosque in Baghdad, over which al-Dhari presides. According to U.S. intelligence reports, al-Dhari--who has said he might encourage his organization to take part in the democratic process...
...relief and recovery effort is still slow in coming, but not for lack of volunteers. Two firefighters from Ohio were sent by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency the day after the storm with dogs that can locate humans buried in a pile of rubble had to sit for two critical days in Gulfport because the feds said their paperwork was not in order. The men found a team of firemen on their own and started working anyway even though the official permissions still haven't come through two weeks later. They expect to be going through the debris for months...
...pressing” during a short season at Class A ball this summer. His stint with Lowell—which finished just short of playoff contention in the New York-Penn League—somewhat resembled his junior season at Harvard, in which a slow start was topped with a season-ending hot streak...
...federal government—and FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency], in particular—were slow to realize the magnitude of the problem and to start moving resources into play,” he says. “There was no sign that there were any positioned supplies anywhere within easy reach from the areas likely to be affected...