One was familiar, of course, with the rapid ascent of her cultural star, as precipitous in its way as the fabled discovery of Lana Turner at a drugstore counter.
The way was precipitous, with huge boulders to trip over.
The burdens are even greater in Ireland and Latvia, where economic booms driven by easy credit and soaring property values have given way to precipitous busts.
Twelve of us were wedged — somewhat precariously, I thought — in one of Asif's Pajeros, as he drove us along a precipitous mountain road on our way to an old hill station of the Raj for a family outing.
It started with a 36-hour bus drive up the recently opened Karakoram highway, and a single-track jeep road that clings to the precipitous Indus Gorge all the way to Skardu, the capital of Baltistan.
We wound our way up a precipitous road and through the Lowari Tunnel, essentially a long, glorified cave that cuts through the side of the mountain and is totally unlit except for the odd lantern. .
The Huntington Ravine Trail is widely considered the most difficult trail in New Hampshire, making its way up the precipitous headwall of neighboring Huntington Ravine, where there are several rock climbing opportunities.
Fences, he says, are the only way to stop the precipitous and continuing decline in the number of African lions.
