Word: anker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rocky, windswept slope some 2,000 ft. below the summit, expedition member Conrad Anker spotted "a patch of white"--brighter, he says, than any of the snow or rocks around it. Sprawled facedown on the mountainside, with arms outstretched and hands dug into the frozen ground, lay the bleached, mummified remains of a man. It was Mallory, his body almost perfectly preserved in the thin, dry air, a safety rope around his waist, and still partly clad in remnants of his tattered cotton, wool and tweed climbing clothes, the ragged collars stitched with markings G.L. MALLORY. He had apparently tumbled...
Since 1978, Anker has litigated refugee cases before asylum adjucators at all administrative levels. For the past 15 years, she has filed amicus curiae briefs in the Supreme Court for every major refugee case...
...Anker said yesterday that recognition of immigration issues is especially important in the current political climate...
...going through one of the most extreme periods of anti-immigration hate movements, which threaten to destroy what makes this country great," said Anker...
...Anker will receive her award in a ceremony on October 21 at the Boston Sheraton. Nine other recipients of the award were named, all of whom will receive their awards on October 21 as well...