Word: underbrush
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...frosty morning in early 1974, a novice skier named James Sunday, 20, was working his way through a slow snowplow turn near the intersection of Drifter and Interstate trails on Vermont's Stratton Mountain. One of his ski tips hooked on a bit of snow-covered underbrush, and Sunday fell. He broke his neck and was permanently paralyzed from the shoulders down. He brought suit, and last year a Burlington, Vt., jury found the Stratton Mountain Corp. fully liable for the accident. It awarded Sunday $1.5 million in damages...
...California's lovely Big Sur. Roaring on for two weeks, the inferno has consumed 92,200 acres, feeding on miles and miles of vegetation turned bone-dry by a two-year drought. A Forest Service official says the energy ignited in every 1,000 acres of the compacted underbrush is equivalent to that of the "bomb dropped on Hiroshima...
Finding telltale signs of a man on the run is no job for a novice. Garrison, who spotted the trail that eventually led to Ray's seizure, can tell approximately how long ago some underbrush was shoved aside or crushed by men's feet, simply by the color of the brush-a fresh break has almost no discoloration, but an older break is brownish. Garrison can also determine if a convict has a partner traveling with him by noting that a twig has been bent back or broken shoulder-high. "There's almost an instinct...
...pick their way along a meandering brook, pausing regularly to sweep aside branches or peer at compass and map. Near by, an elderly couple stride purposefully down a Jeep trail, jauntily swinging their arms and breathing deeply the crisp, fine air. Suddenly, a sweatsuit-clad figure crashes through the underbrush into a clearing. Panting from a hard run, mud dripping from his shoes, face scratched by brambles, he stares wildly about, then plunges into the thick brush once more. Despite their different styles, all of the people making their way through the forest area near Boston are participating...
...right now the balance of presidential impact has tipped and the measure of Carter will lie in how he focuses national thought and attention. Some good men who have done a lot of legislating in the past have had similar thoughts as they have become frustrated in the legislative underbrush. Hubert Humphrey once mused about the White House task: "New laws? Laws? We have got too many of them now in some areas. We need leadership. A President can do a lot if he wants to just by using the power...