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The problem for bike riders, joggers and hikers in the wilderness is that the mountain lion has its own habitat.

We showed an ad with a guy mountain biking and holding a conference call. The goal is to make it look cool and stylish and all that.

We expected a close game tonight. Spanish Fork came in on a high after coming so close to beating Mountain View and beating Lone Peak in overtime. They needed this game.

We're going to be looking very strongly at (Fish and Game's) numbers. Bear and mountain lions are dying, and now they want to kill wolves too, in an area where we know the primary cause of low elk populations is poor habitat.

We do see people who care enough about this Mountain Dew brand that they're taking time to create their own fan sites. We decided we were going to create the fan site that takes it to the next level.

You got a whole lot of obstacles in front of you, as far as being a top-10 car week in and week out, but it's not like you've got a mountain in front of you that you can't climb,

Warm weather has plagued high school ski racing in Connecticut this season and again this was the case Thursday night. Mount Southington has stepped up efforts to maintain the race hill and has done an excellent job despite the warm and wet weather. The mountain was closed until 2 p.m. on Thursday and the race hill was kept closed until the start of the race. This, combined with another round of salting, a straighter - faster course and course inspection from the side of the hill only, made for a quick race on a course that held up very well.

We are very realistic about the task at hand and know it is going to take a special effort. They are unbeaten at home for the past two years, so we know we have a huge mountain to climb. But we believe we can come away with a win.

We are very excited about the opportunity of having a Hard Rock Hotel at Copper Mountain. Hard Rock properties are truly four-star in every way, from outstanding amenities and service to a dedication to support and serve their communities. I have been very impressed with Hard Rock International as a company with a long philanthropic history that is a great match to Copper's own value system. We believe this partnership will have numerous benefits for Copper Mountain and the larger Summit County community.

We went out to get some fresh powder. We sneaked onto a part of the mountain that was blocked off by the military. So we went on to the ropes - sorry - and man, we found some great powder. And I fell and almost busted my nose too.

We lived in Colorado, and my parents were outdoorsy mountain people. My father would always say, 'Go out and don't come back until you have something to show me.' Which meant he wanted me to come back with a scraped knee or an injury. When I went out to play, I felt like I'd better get hurt.

Being an underdog by one point or 50, it doesn't matter. I'm glad we are an underdog. Underdogs have more that they can achieve. They have more enjoyment if they're able to climb to the mountain top.

Britannia needs no bulwarks, / No towers along the steep; / Her march is o'er the mountain waves, / Her home is on the deep.

Even though you get five to six inches of rain each year and we're in a desert environment, some amount of moisture will penetrate the mountain and over the millennia we might want to make sure we'll use a drip shield,

Blue Mountain played so well we really had to work for those two goals. We only two subs and the girls played with so much heart. It was great to see their commitment.

Blue Mountain is a lot like us. Both teams could have 20-23 wins if they would have won some close games. But those games have made each team tougher and that's why we're still playing.

Blue Mountain College has a responsibility to move forward in order to broaden her influence and become a blessing to others.

big challenge, a heck of a mountain to climb.

Every mountain has its unique characteristics. Until you know what you're looking for you can't begin to choose.

Every mountain has at least one way up it, ... We reckoned there must be a route up Everest from Nepal.

As it now becomes clear, scientifically, legally and practically, Yucca Mountain is not going to become a single repository for nuclear waste, and we need to start thinking about new strategies and new places to deal with this,

Completing the sale of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area has strengthened our balance sheet considerably and we remain focused on our strategy of maximizing return on capital.

Doubly happy, however, is the man whom lofty mountain tops are within reach, for the lights that shine there illumine all that lies below

Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? / Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? / Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

There's a difference, mentally. You have to like power. You're almost like a mountain man. You're comfortable putting it all on the line. Being a big-wave surfer, you really rely on your instincts.

There's no question that the Mountain West Conference wants to be a national program. Their focus is on the BCS. This is what they aspire to be, and these are the aspirations of TCU.

The trails travel through Colorado's natural treasures like Rocky Mountain National Park and the Great Sand Dunes. They roam quietly with vagabond creeks, saunter through pageants of wildflowers, and soar with high mountain summits.

The timber sale is a part of Custer State Park's ongoing forest management program, ... Much of the emphasis on the forest management in the Needles area of the park is focused on overall forest health. The timber sale is aimed at reducing forest density, which is very high in this area of the park. Currently, mountain pine beetle is active in the area and reduced forest stand density will help prevent epidemic levels of mountain pine beetle. Lower stand densities will also protect against catastrophic damage from wildfire.

I've been training a lot in Colorado, and I've actually been riding a ton on the mountain bike. I've been climbing up the steepest things I could possibly find in Durango, which is not hard to do. It's good training because it's really hard on the arms.

They always have a great field in Phoenix. That's what makes it one of the best tournaments on the tour. I have some wonderful memories from playing in Phoenix, and certainly winning the last two at Superstition Mountain are included, so I'm looking forward to coming back.

The views of the mountain tops from the glacier are fantastic. When you spend 48 weeks of the year looking at the back of someone else's head, this is a lovely contrast.

The ride is about the yeti, and our story is about our interaction with that yeti. When we get on this train and we go up into the forbidden mountain domain of the yeti, he destroys the track ,and the thrill part of our ride is escaping the wrath of the yeti as we return to civilization.

The rhododendrons, plots of wild strawberries, flame azaleas, Solomon's seal, sweet shrub, mountain laurel, ginseng, Fraser magnolia...create a seemingly infinite green tapestry that surrounds the trail.

I've seen the most dramatic change you can imagine in the past three years. Fly 30 miles in any direction in the Rocky Mountain West, and you see oil and gas drilling rigs and wells and the network of roads that accompany them. It's out of control.

It was a little different for me here, because this just seemed like such a huge mountain to climb to be able to get to the World Series with the team that we have. I'm proud of the guys.

The SEC has been closer to the Mountain West, Conference USA, and the Big East than it has been to either the Big 12 or the Pac-10, ... Arizona State has posted more non-conference wins versus the current BCS Top 25 (No. 9 Iowa and No. 25 UTEP) by itself than the entire SEC.

These e-mails have gotten everyone stirred up into such a frenzy that people think mountain lions are knocking on people's doors, ready to come in.

The steroid issue is not quite as big an issue as some people think. This is a hot-button issue now. People are making a mountain out of a molehill.

The story of mountaintop mining - why it happens, and what its consequences are - is still new to most Americans. They have no idea that their country's physical legacy - the purple mountain majesties that are America - is being destroyed at the rate of several ridgetops a week, by three million pounds of explosives every day.

The Smith Mountain Lake area is the fastest-growing part of Southwest Virginia, followed by New River Valley.

The swearing of Turner, a man of immense frame and muscular power, during our evening's conversation, was most terrific. I had heard mountain swearing before, but his went far beyond all former examples. He could do all the swearing for our army in Mexico, and then have a surplus.

I've never been tempted myself. It's really just something that's got to grab you. I'm more of a mountain boy than an ice slider.

I value Burnt Mountain more than I can tell you as a refuge, a piece of pristine solitude, peace and beauty so near, ... No one I know or talk to is in favor of disturbing this gem of a community asset by putting in ski runs and a return catwalk.

I've always called my music old time mountain music or old time country music. I've never really called my music bluegrass.

Thanks to the COPS Secure our Schools Program, parents can send their children to school each day knowing they are safe from harm. I commend the law enforcement community in Mountain Home for securing these additional funds and look forward to working with them in the future to return more federal resources to Baxter County.

Sometimes we get 25 people at the drop-in nights, which is great. It just happens that people prefer their mountain sports as opposed to dedicating their lives to basketball. The level is still quite high.

Our concern is if the Santa Anas subside, this fire could turn into a topography-driven fire and race uphill into mountain communities. So we're really concentrating a lot of fire suppression efforts on the northern perimeter of this Old Fire to keep it down,

Our customers have expressed interest in being able to choose renewable resources and I'm pleased that we will now be able to offer them that choice. Green Mountain Power's overall power mix is already low in fossil fuels, but under our new program, customers can choose 100 percent renewable resources. We've called the program 'Greener Mountain Power' to reflect that greener choice.

People should make reservations, because if they wait until they get to the mountain we might be full. There are people who come up, make a few runs, come in and party a little bit, then go back out. Then there's those who come just for dinner, the party and the fireworks.

People come to Portland, many of them for the quality of life. They love the physical space here. And yet every year, people climbing the mountain get killed by avalanches.

Often a high pressure system drives the winds. The winds come off the mountain passes, the air heats up and becomes very dry and can be very strong.

After the first two mountain stages people realized Lance was as good as ever.

The Mountain States region experienced growth significantly higher than the rest of the nation. The region added 53,000 jobs, an annual growth rate of 2.9 percent, in the first half of 2005 but added only 41,000 jobs, an annual growth rate of 2.2 percent, in the second half of the year.

The Mountain Lion Foundation is putting all game agencies on notice, ... International scientists responsible for monitoring the state of the world's species have declared the mountain lion is actively threatened due to high levels of hunting pressure.

The mountain is fabulous for this time of year.

After four days of community service, you kind of get stuck on it. I wanted to hike the mountain but I enjoy the community service.

After I arrived in Mountain View, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area, I entered sixth grade and quickly grew to love my new home, family and culture. I discovered a passion for language, though it was hard to learn the difference between formal English and American slang.

Space Mountain may be the oldest ride in the park, but it still has the longest line!

Now, every greeting card represents an event-based commerce opportunity. By leveraging our targeting technologies, we expect to bring the Blue Mountain community the right purchasing opportunities at the right time associated with their greeting card selections,

No matter how hard it is, true love is also the result of an accident in the dream of our life, and that accident is an event that happens in our soul. This event can be in another transcendental reality a volcano, a butterfly, a mountain or any other possible image we cannot even imagine.

Once we get rolling, we're going to be great, but it's a steep mountain to climb when you go through this, ... But it's better we get it out of the way now. If we keep working and start getting some bounces, we're going to be fine. If you work hard and keep creating, things usually go your way.

Companies in the Mountain region are hiring experienced accountants to assist with growth initiatives. There are skills shortages within some in-demand specialties. To ensure they secure commitments from top financial professionals, many employers are accelerating the recruiting process and offering more competitive salary and benefits packages.

Denver is the fourth fastest growing restaurant market in the U.S., and the Rocky Mountain region's online population is growing dramatically every year. Denver is a community who want immediately useful information. Permission-based email is the ideal way for dining hospitality providers to reach them.

Any place a mountain bike can go, a mountain unicycle can go.

a process of all six parties overcoming one mountain after another, one wall after another.

a process of all six parties overcoming one mountain after another.

Any of the four teams has a chance to win it all. I don't think Mountain View's guards get enough credit. You have to slow them down.

And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

The breeding population there is no bigger than that of the federally endangered mountain lion of Florida - the Florida panther,

A vice president in an advertising agency is a ""molehill man"" who has until 5 PM to make a molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished even before lunch.

A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain returns all sounds

At Yucca Mountain, we foster an atmosphere that points out ways we can improve our work and get our job done more effectively. This department remains committed to following our obligation under the law to license, construct and operate Yucca Mountain as the nation's permanent repository for spent nuclear fuel.

A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.

As people get older, they lose interest in mountain climbing or skiing.

As long as any memorial put on the mountain is just a plaque or a stone with a name on it, I can't see any problem with that.

That team knocked us off the mountain last year in the NFC Championship Game. Ever since the schedule came out we've been anticipating this game. And the city has been very excited about this game.

You're probably wondering what the prime minister is sharing with me. We're talking mountain biking.

Yucca Mountain was recommended by the U.S. Geological Survey because of the attributes the site possesses including a stable geology, a deep water table, no one lives there, it's a desert environment and ... it's remote,

Yucca Mountain was formed 10 to 15 million years ago, and it's not a volcano; it's the result of volcanoes,

Yucca Mountain is such a mistake. There needs to be more research done on the alternatives.

Yucca Mountain is a good site. It is a safer and more secure location than the temporary storage options.

This is a remarkable accomplishment that each and every one of us at Green Mountain Power is proud of. It confirms that we have made significant progress in our efforts to run our business in a way that is environmentally, socially and economically responsible. Our employees have worked very hard to transform this company into a high performing enterprise that holds strong environmental and corporate responsibility values and I am happy to see them recognized.

This is really an unknown. I think in the league it's no question. It's Basalt. Usually, people would say, 'All right, the Vail Mountain School is going to be there and so on.' But again, there are so many questions as to how we are going to perform when we see opponents that I think it's more difficult than in years past to make predictions that we automatically fit in the second or third spot.

This is one of the last new places to go. This mountain range generates its own species, a little bit like the Galapagos.

This department remains committed to following our obligation under the law to license, construct and operate Yucca Mountain as the nation's permanent repository for spent nuclear fuel.

This is a mountain heritage. We're not out to annihilate the bear.

This is a molehill case, and the government is going to have to make a mountain out of it.

This is a big milestone for Mountain View. The importance of this match in our minds was huge.

They've been shooting the booth when no one is in there. But last fall we had several reports of drivers trying to run down mountain bikers. I'm worried that someone is going to be physically injured.

They're young people and they're sitting out there saying, 'Where do I want to go with my money?' ... In the investment world, time heals all wounds ?I can almost assure you the mountain will get bigger in the future.

They're very important games. We need to win all four of them so that we can keep ourselves in the Mountain West Conference race.

They, that unnamed "they," they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up-and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me.

They take into consideration that it should not be easy to name a mountain for all eternity.

They still have such a steep mountain to climb with Lieberman still being very popular and Lamont starting out with so little recognition, which translates into a huge gap in the primary.

A lot of people don't understand that mountain lions are hunted in the West, and they are hunted for fun.

Almost everyone knows Taliesin West. Almost no one knows the first camp that gave form to Taliesin West and its form and its character was on Mountain Park Ranch.

Although Jackson Hole is renowned for both steep and deep, it also has plenty of terrain for the entire family. No crowds (the mountain records only 300,000 to 400,000 skier visits each season), big mountain, epic snow and no major city within 4 hours are a few of the subtle differences that let you know you've stepped out of Colorado.

Americans should be outraged at how many western states are treating America's lion, ... South Dakota's actions are yet another egregious example of the blatant lack of regard for the survival of not only the mountain lion but also the landscapes we know and love.

They don't like seeing people any more than people like seeing mountain lions. This is a very rare incident that a mountain lion would actually attack someone.

They are cutting the mountain cattlemen out, they are always closing more of the timber industry down. There is a lot of hypocrisy in what they are doing here.