Word: spiriting
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Whoever said that modern technology has taken the human spirit out of adventure? The plight of a woman at the South Pole's Amundsen-Scott research station who has discovered a lump in her breast shows that boldness and bravery are alive and well. Trapped in the hellish cold and ice of the region, which averages 80 degrees below zero during the current Antarctic winter, the woman, who is the doctor of the station, according to the New York Times, has had to deal with the possibility that she may have breast cancer. The Air Force jet crew, which over...
...strict environmentalists, ecotourism may be "a widely abused term which doesn't mean much anymore," in the words of Richard Leakey, director of Kenya's Wildlife Service. Certainly, having Masai Mara guides using two-way radios to speed the search for lions hardly seems in the spirit of noninvasive touring. But for all that, most critics concede that ecotourism is less invasive than forestry, mining and other forms of development. As Luis Roman, a Peruvian anthropologist working with the Matsiguenkas, observes, "To be successful with a venture like this, you need planning to make sure you don't overload...
...partial to their wines, their designers and their inalienable right to a certain of level arrogance derived from their position as the leading experts on how to live the good life. Nor will they relinquish their dreams of social equality--a political socialism in name although less so in spirit...
...military policewoman. "They're just a lot more tolerant. When you're in a foxhole, you don't care what religion the guy next to you belongs to." Army witches even have a sense of humor. At Halloween, Palmer turns her home, where she keeps a pet wolf named Spirit, into a haunted house for trick-or-treaters. "What could be better," she says, "than a haunted house with real witches and a wolf that howls on command...
...written statement read at the meeting, Cambridge resident Louise Dunlap said she supported the EFZ's methods. "I really appreciate the spirit of activism that brought rent control to Cambridge and kept it going," she said. "To deal with [the problem] we need to think big, and that's what the eviction free zone does...