NEWS LITE : GORE BUNGEE JUMP TAKES MAJOR DIVE.George Bush parachuted from a plane in March, and Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) Albert Gore Jr., Gore wasn't going to take that lying down. Taking a vacation day after the recent Tahoe conference, the vice president traveled by tram to high camp at Squaw Valley Squaw Valley, valley, NE Calif., in the Sierra Nevada Mts., NW of Lake Tahoe. A well-known ski and winter recreational resort, it was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Ski lifts and trails are on Squaw Peak (8,960 ft/2,731 m high). , where he was planning to make a bungee jump Bun´gee jump` n. 1. an act of derring-do in which a person jumps from a high platform, such as a bridge, attached (usually by the legs) to a bungee cord, which is set to a length that will halt the drop before the person reaches the surface . North Tahoe Truckee Weekly ski writer Robert Frohlich, who was along on the excursion, says everything was getting set up when Mother Nature put her foot down. A thunderstorm thunderstorm, violent, local atmospheric disturbance accompanied by lightning, thunder, and heavy rain, often by strong gusts of wind, and sometimes by hail. caused cancellation of the vice president's elastic adventure. Couple tells of miscarriage Sylvester Stallone's wife, model Jennifer Flavin Jennifer Flavin (born August 14, 1968 in Chicago) is a former model who is the third wife of actor Sylvester Stallone. Jennifer appeared in the 1990 television show Bar Girls, playing the part of an escort. , had a miscarriage last month, the couple said in a statement Tuesday. ``Both of us are incredibly saddened by this terrible event and our hearts go out to all others who have experienced this tragic situation,'' Stallone said in the statement. Stallone and Flavin flavin: see coenzyme. flavin Any of a class of organic compounds, pale yellow biological pigments that fluoresce green. They occur in compounds essential to life as coenzymes in metabolism. , parents of a year-old daughter, were married in London on May 17. ``I want it to be known that Jennifer and I are more in love than ever and bless every day we have to share with our miracle infant Sophia Rose,'' Stallone said. Sophia Rose, born Aug. 27, underwent successful surgery to repair a hole in her heart Nov. 12 at the UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. . `Smoochie' so good for actress Roberts Julia Roberts tweaked the script of her new movie ``Conspiracy Theory'' with co-star Mel Gibson Noun 1. Mel Gibson - Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956) Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Gibson U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. to add more kissing. ``I always want more,'' Roberts said in the Aug. 11 issue of Newsweek. ``Put me and Mel in a movie, and people are going to be waiting for a little smoochie.'' ``I hope people realize the value of the reality we give them rather than waiting to see us smooch,'' the actress mused about her new film, which opens this week. Lawyer rips Playgirl play·girl n. A woman devoted to the pursuit of pleasurable activities. for Pitt photos Nudes of Brad Pitt aren't news, his lawyer says. John Lavely, the actor's attorney, made that argument in court Tuesday in the actor's push to ban the sale of a Playgirl magazine that carries 2-year-old nude photos of him with then-girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow. ``There is no newsworthiness to these photos,'' Lavely said. ``It was simply an attempt to use them to sell magazines.'' Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Superior Court Judge Robert O'Brien left his temporary restraining order temporary restraining order: see injunction. in effect until he can study papers filed by lawyers for Pitt and the magazine and decide whether to make the order permanent. Playgirl lawyer Kent Raygor has argued that the publication of the photos and an accompanying article are protected speech under the First Amendment. He also noted that the photos of Pitt and Paltrow were previously published in European tabloids and on the Internet. Lavely said Pitt recently sued two French publications and won judgments in France. The photos showed Pitt and Paltrow frolicking in the nude outside a hotel bungalow on a Caribbean island two years ago. They were taken by a trespassing photographer. Closer than they knew Co-workers find they're sisters Co-workers for three years, Joie Giese and Merrilee Woeber discovered they share much more than a workplace - they are sisters separated by adoption 50 years ago. ``We're still shocked; we're still totally numb from it,'' Giese said Monday in Davenport, Iowa. ``I think someone said, `It's time that you find each other.' That can be the only way that something like this could possibly happen.'' The two made the connection in May when a group of workers at MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Telecommunications were comparing complexions. Someone suggested Giese was Italian because of her olive skin. ``Not me. I was a Dunn,'' Giese, 51, recalled saying. ``I must be Irish.'' Woeber, 50, responded that she was a Dunn as well and joked, ``Maybe we're cousins.'' They laughed until Giese, who had been adopted, told Woeber that her birth mother's name was Lenore Dunn, the same name as Woeber's mother. ``There were about 12 people sitting around with their mouths dropped down to their knees,'' Giese said Monday. Their mother died in 1962, and Woeber's father died in 1974. Giese's father is listed as unknown on her adoption papers. Records show that Woeber's father, Chester Anderson, was away in the military when Giese was born. Woeber was born 15 months later in 1947, the year Anderson and Lenore Dunn were married. When she was 18, Giese learned her birth mother's name when she was given her adoption papers by her mother. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) Sylvester Stallone with his wife, Jennifer Flavin. (2) Julia Roberts: More kissing (3) Joie Giese, left, and Merrilee Woeber were reunited after 50 years. |
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