His first-person stories include supersonic rides in eight separate aircraft pulling up to 9 Gs and flying to 84,000 feet; driving a Bugatti at 253 mph and Indy cars at 200 mph; expeditions to the North and South Poles; summiting the Matterhorn and 23,000-ft.
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Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Pro tip: Aim to summit at sunrise, and climb the historic fire lookout tower for an even better vantage point.
John compared Autumn Variations to his own downtempo, plaintive 1970 album Tumbleweed Connection—and reminded him his music career should not be thought of as a constantly ascending escalator.
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Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
16 Apr. 2025
If a step can be taken back from counting all those wins, the takeaway from an early season game should be that Randy Vásquez is clearly ascending.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2025
Start small, solve a real problem, and scale strategically.
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Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
The Trump administration, among other things, has moved to close Social Security Administration field offices, cut funding for government health programs and scale back protections for transgender people.
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