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...extreme sports on offer. Adrenaline junkies launch themselves 26 km down the Zambezi, through the winding basalt canyons of the Batoka Gorge, with no more than a wetsuit, helmet, lifejacket, fins and a body board with wrist leash. It's an irresistible challenge for river-boarding fanatics: a torrent of such force that it generates enough hydroelectricity to power both Zimbabwe and neighboring Zambia. Expert guides lead river boarders into violent Class IV and V rapids with dangerous drops and irregular currents and names like Stairway to Heaven and Oblivion; these waters are known to have flipped more inflatable rafts...
...After Summers received a torrent of disapproval at three Faculty meetings in February and March, criticism of the president’s leadership style largely disappeared from public view. But the minutes indicate that those concerns remain among many chairs...
...care. Good e-mail correspondence can create quite the sexual tension, I’ll admit, but well-thought-out words risk an eventual let-down (“He sounded much wiser on the Web”). Speaking of smart, what’s with the torrent of typos? Revise your ranting for my sake at least...
...instance, on Sunday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Rice was asked about the Syrian leader Bashar Assad?s torrent of criticism of the UN investigation into the assassination of Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. ?What I?ve seen is, so far, a lot of criticism of the process and a lot of criticism of the investigation,? Rice asserted. ?That just isn?t going to - it?s not going...
...leak began from a pipe leading to the toilet in room C-43, letting loose a torrent of water that collapsed some of the House’s ceilings. Maintenance received notification of the problem at 3:43 a.m. on Friday and immediately dispatched staff members, who evacuated students thought to be at risk into the Cabot dining hall...