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...climbed mountains in Russia, Alaska, and South America. “I fell in love with it. I like being outdoors, and the technical aspects of the climb,” Osborne said. According to Rennell, the biggest risks of being at such high altitudes are cerebral and pulmonary adena, which cause pressure in the brain and lungs. If a climber shows symptoms he must descend in altitude immediately, which is difficult on the steep slopes of the “North Col,” Rennell said. Osborne said above 7,000 meters, the brain becomes...

Author: By Christina E. Tartaglia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tutor To Take on Everest | 3/2/2006 | See Source »

...Adena Siegel, assistant merchandise manager for Harvard Bookstores, said she expected the selection of discount books to improve within the next few weeks...

Author: By Sophie M. Sparrow, | Title: Endangered Books | 10/8/1980 | See Source »

GREAT HOUSES OF AMERICA by Henry and Ottalie Williams. 295 pages. Putnam. $20. The best there is in the U.S., from Monticello and The Breakers to obscure local favorites such as Adena at Chillicothe, Ohio, and Bellingrath in Theodore, Ala. Interiors, exteriors and floor plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Holiday Hoard | 12/9/1966 | See Source »

Appointed. Mrs. Adena Miller Rich, fortyish, longtime resident social worker at Chicago's Hull House, onetime secretary to its late great founder Jane Addams: to succeed Jane Addams as the institution's head resident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 26, 1935 | 8/26/1935 | See Source »

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