Word: aspens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Agnew as his running mate. Nonetheless, by the deadline hundreds of suggestions had poured into the White House to be tabulated by Miss Woods. Nixon flew with the assembled list aboard Marine One, his personal helicopter, to the mountaintop solitude of Camp David. There he dined alone in Aspen Lodge and, by the time he went to bed at 11:30 p.m., had winnowed the list to five names: Ford, John Connally, Ronald Reagan, Nelson Rockefeller and Elliot Richardson, even though Richardson had taken himself out of the running. He had quite properly argued the impropriety of the man most...
...Aspen, Colo...
Between bookings he lives with his wife Annie in a $150,000, split-level three-bedroom house on a wooded slope near Aspen. Folks coming to call on Denver sometimes have to track him down on nearby ski trails or golf courses or, at the very least, up on the roof in a glass-enclosed loft where he likes to watch eagles through a telescope. "There is no artifice to John," says Folk Singer Tom Paxton. "John is a Druid, a tree worshiper, an elf, a sprite." Just the man, perhaps, to take the curse off music that makes people...
...ASPEN, COLO. Two hundred tricky miles west of Denver, Aspen- the world's largest ski resort-has four mountains. Buttermilk (9,720 ft.) caters to novices; Snowmass (10,645) and As pen Highlands (11,665) are for inter mediates; Aspen Mountain (11,212) is for experts. Aspen is a skier's town. People who patronize the area are more likely to spend their money on equipment than on clothing; they ski well and party hard. Long hair and gunfighter's mustaches are de rigueur among the younger men in the old mining town. A week: around...
...VAIL, COLO. Though it lacks the patina of a European resort, Vail, with its well-planned village, is a complete ski area: fine runs, restaurants, rooms. Compared with Aspen, Vail is newer and richer; skiers are generally older and more clothes-conscious; parties are more luxurious but more subdued. A week: about...