Word: smoothly
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Ridge currents-winds deflected upward by ridges or cliffs-are less challenging. They are "ridden" on the windward side of a ridge or cliff. Waves are formed when a steady wind blows over a mountain and forms vast smooth currents of undulating air that may lift a glider to an altitude ten times higher than the mountain. The altitude record was made in 1961 when Paul Bikle soared in a Schweizer 1-23E from 3,964 ft. to 46,267 ft. in a wave over the Mojave Desert...
...Palm Springs. Recalls Weir: "I was in a screaming dive toward the mountain and there was nothing I could do about it. That was it, the end. But just as quickly as the drop started, it stopped. I seemed to have control of the kite and was in relatively smooth flight. Then I dipped again, plummeting toward the mountain, only to be 'rescued' by an updraft. It was as if the wind was playing with us, tossing us around like dandelion seeds. I would talk to my kite: 'Come on, baby, hang in there...
...competing for the office, they behaved as if race did not matter. It did, of course. The growing black population (about 50% of the electorate) made it inevitable that sooner or later a black mayor would be elected. It turned out to be sooner. Coleman A. Young, 55, a smooth-talking state senator, defeated John Nichols, 54, a former police commissioner by 232,000 votes...
Last time around, their show was a smooth production, leading off with Loggin's soft stuff and building to an encore, "Your Momma Don't Dance." Toward the end of the tour, their performance reportedly became too professionalized--spectacular leaps and the music both lost their spontaneity. The art had already gone a little stale...
...calls himself a "square" medically. What he means by that, he says, is that despite enjoying the oil-smooth administrative functions of a clinic, he sees the role of the physician from two definitely classical models...