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‘‘They say this, those who gravitate
year after year to this sunblasted wasteland like bedazzled moths to the
promised flames of the Burning Man Festival ...’’
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‘‘Before California's death row inmates even enter the time-consuming
thicket of state and federal appeals, another type of delay is quietly
stretching their lives ...’’
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‘‘White-hot acetylene torches bite into the
steel bones of the abandoned hulk known as Vertical Test Stand-1, cutting apart the rusted cradle
of American rocketry ...’’
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‘‘Shaved to stubble but for a long, silken
topknot, Chase's head shows ragged pink scars he has picked up living on Hollywood streets off
and on for two of his 15 years ...’’
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The author covered the ride for the Los Angeles Times from the seat of a bicycle, riding up to 100 miles a day, and then filing a story every day on deadline.
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