1.   Alexis was a flamboyant, keenly competitive administrator who whisked favored psychiatrists to New York or to the Colorado ski slopes by chartered jet, Olson said.

2.   Flashes of color illuminate the fierce grimaces of techno-consumers skiing virtual slopes, fly casting for virtual bass and gunning down armies of virtual enemies.

3.   He fishes the rivers of Wyoming and skis its slopes.

4.   Older travelers are surfing the waters of the world as well as climbing its mountains, hiking its trails, skiing its slopes, and exploring its farther reaches.

5.   The invitation to ski rougher slopes appears to open up new liability questions for skiers and resort management alike.

6.   The only factors that ranked lower than professional sports was whether a city has minor league sports or is close to ski slopes.