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What can the attraction be? It is, after all, a three-day uphill trek to the foot of the final peak, and then a predawn slog of two practically vertical miles to the top. On the way, walkers are alternately roasted by the tropical sun and chilled by low alpine temperatures; they sleep in unheated, unlighted huts, wash in ice-cold water and, after five days, emerge from the mountain dirty, haggard and exhausted. "Maybe the only satisfaction comes from looking back on it afterward," suggests climber Matt Claman, 29, a lawyer from Juneau...
...four days by dozens of teenage members of the Rolling 40s Crips gang. Five months ago in Columbia, S.C., two boys ages 13 and 14 were charged with raping an eleven-year-old girl in school. In Houston last October, three youths ages 14, 15 and 16 abducted and raped a 26-year-old woman during a three-day crime spree...
...Whipsaw City" on the stock exchanges, in the words of one of the esteemed financial-newsletter editors speaking at this three-day "money show." Up 25 points Monday, down 20 Tuesday. The common opinion, derived by computer analysis of 50 leading indicators or by going out and staring at the moon, depending on one's methodology, is that the future looks bad. The audience of gray and balding heads does not know if the economy will make a soft landing or a big splat, but for now they have their assets safely tucked away in Treasury bills and money-market...
...ever wonder how Washington really works? Twenty-three leaders of top U.S. and foreign corporations tried to find out last week in a three-day, TIME-sponsored visit to the nation's capital. White House Chief of Staff John Sununu opened the TIME Executive News Conference with a spirited defense of the President's first 100 days. Cabinet Secretaries painted a dismaying picture of U.S. drug, environmental and educational problems. One morning was spent in the CIA's domed and soundproofed "bubble" with officials, including Director William Webster. In a majestic Supreme Court conference room, Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy paced...
Princeton's Jason Mraz captured individual honors with a three-day total of 229 (79-76-74), and his 74-stroke round yesterday was the best outing of the weekend...