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Splashing in the surf on a sunny afternoon last month, Danielle Shidemantle was 20 yds. from the shore of New Smyrna Beach when she felt piercing pains in her left thigh. She saw blood in the water--her blood. Then she saw the point of a dorsal fin circling back toward her. Not sure what to do--freeze or try to kick it away--she made a frantic run for the beach, screaming, "Shark, shark, shark...
Like other beach resorts, the ones in Volusia County have seen a sharp rise in visitors--to 8.1 million last year, up from 7.2 million in 1989--who come to walk the white beaches, bask in the sun and surf the foamy waves. The more people in the water, the more chance for attacks. "When we enter the ocean, we're not owed a right to be 100% safe," says George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack File at the University of Florida, which collects data on shark attacks. "This is truly a wilderness experience. It's not like...
...truth is that Australians tend to be natural pagans. Everything favors this: the delicious climate of the coasts, where most of us live; the dramatic and seductive landscapes of pounding surf and golden sand; the tanned bodies strutting; the food (some of the finest and most inventive in the world); and the wines, which are superb...
Writing a screenplay will do strange things to a man. FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA was in the middle of one when it struck him it was time to do musical theater. Inspired by Gidget, the novel about a 14-year-old girl who wants to surf, Coppola co-wrote the book for a musical and 12 original songs. Then he approached the Orange County High School for the Performing Arts in Cerritos, Calif., with a plan to workshop his play using teen performers. "I was a drama counselor in summer camp when I was young," says Coppola. "I like to work...
...saga continues. Will Richard finally outlive his welcome, now that the ladies can bring home sustenance (one fish)? Will Sean change his Swiss voting ways, now that he's been a Tool of Richard? Will Colleen and Jenna, frolicking playfully in the surf one day, give CBS the 18-34 male demographic boost of its life by looking into each others' eyes...