Word: welling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...party numbers many prominent personalities and well-connected organizers. Among its 100 sponsors are Barry Commoner, Studs Terkel, the best-selling writer. Richard Barnet, author of Global Reach and a founder of the Institute for Policy Studies, a leftwing think tank, Steel Workers insurgent Ed Sadlowski and the heads of the Gray Panthers, the National Public Interest Research Group, the Black Economic Research Center and the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. The party also has sponsors with channels to potential financial supporters. The include David Hunter, executive director of the Stern Fund, Adam Hochschild, publisher of Mother Jones, Archibald Gillies...
...Have you ever had an accident?" one prospective jumper asks. The woman darts her eyes to him. "Well, usually it's their own fault...
...cars, struggle to stand erect and stretch and scratch their heads, stomachs or buttocks. They yawn and speak of last night, of all that beer. A paunchy man, dressed in blue jeans and a dirty white sweat shirt ambles towards us. "You here to jump?" A moment of silence. "Well my, my name is Pete, I'm your rigger," he says. "That means I pack your chutes." Still silence. "Hey, don't look so worried, I didn't drink too much last night," he roars, hoisting himself into the trailer...
...PULL". He pulls the release. "PUNCH." He punches open the imaginary auxillary chute: the litany for a jumper after exiting the plane. If the main chute doesn't open after a count of six-thousand, you must pull the reserve. After 17 seconds, he tells us, you may as well forget your reserve--skydiving becomes a "contact sport...
Though they played fit, Keller-Sarmiento and Mogollon couldn't recapture the magic touch they had developed before getting hurt they played well, but occasionally seemed gun-shy as they made on move too many in attempts to set up the perfect opportunity...