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...doll tossed into a washing machine. Then he got another chance. He spotted a second wave, even bigger than the first, and paddled straight for it. As he reached the crest, Knox smoothly swiveled, stood up on his board and started sliding down a slick expanse of water as steep as a cliff. Somehow he stayed in control, even though he flew 6 or 7 ft. through the air so that, for a split second, he was free-falling. Exclaimed Knox, who's from Carlsbad, Calif.: "It was like the best roller-coaster ride you could ever imagine...
...decided to become an undercover agent after he got a tip that Wang had approached a dialysis center in New York City with an offer to provide its clients with human kidneys at a steep discount. Wang reportedly told doctors that he could, for a 25% fee, arrange for patients to receive a kidney transplant in China without what is often a two-year wait. Rather than go along with the deal, however, the physicians put Wang in touch with Wu, who rigged up a camcorder and posed as the center's director...
...also underlying layers of bedrock, causing structural weakening deep down. By itself, waterlogged ground is a nuisance. Combined with California's mountainous terrain, says Doug Morton of the U.S. Geological Survey in Riverside, Calif., it can very quickly add up to disaster. Imagine living on the edge of a steep, quivering pile of chocolate pudding. "Mother Nature doesn't like steep slopes," says Morton, "and she does what she can to lower them...
...steamed up about jogging down a hillside? It is not just safety; in theory, I could walk all the way around to the parking lot entrance and only have to negotiate Massachusetts drivers rather than a steep incline. It is also about convenience, and easy solutions...
Following a national trend, crime rates in the city continued a steep decline in the first nine months of 1997, says a CPD report released in December...