Word: wetness
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...death. Price easily captures the pleasures of that peculiar American institution called camp and the problems of "that painful fulcrum between frank childhood and the musky outskirts of puberty." Boatner's boys can "smuggle farts like anarchist bombs into the highest and most sacred scenes of camp life," wet the bed one minute and display extraordinary bravery the next, be ruled by their burgeoning sexuality to the point of visiting the barn animals but soar to great spirituality when one of the last members of the camp's old Indian tribe imparts his wisdom...
...years ago. To slow a bike, the rider squeezes handgrips, which are attached to cables that pull on caliper arms. The arms, in turn, clamp down on the wheel rims with rubber pads. The system is simple but doesn't always work, especially with heavy loads or on wet roads. After failed brakes sent him into a tree 20 years ago, William Mathauser, an aeronautical engineer from Anacortes, Wash., set out to improve the system. His hydraulic brake has just gone into full production...
...long, wet day on the links...
...answer for the Minutewomen was not to be found in the elements yesterday. The answer was right there, on a cold and wet Ohiri field. The rain probably seemed light in comparison...
...squad didn't perform too well," number-two Andy Chao said. "With wet clubs, it made it harder to hit straight and so we lost some balls in the trees...