Word: backed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Blinding snow storms less than 2000 feet from the top forced back the famous 1953 attempt to conquer the 28,250 foot peak in Pakistan. Scenes of the party's efforts to save one of its members, who eventually fell to his death, are included in the 90 minute film...
Dilworth ran back to his room, undressed, and flung himself on the bed. As he peered out from his cashmere blanket, waiting for the Lowell House bells to begin, he suddenly thought he understood what had motivated Dali to paint The Last Supper...
...NDEA program, the University must receive the objectionable affidavits, as well as matching each nine dollars of Federal funds with one of its own. Other Federal programs--including NSF which Harvard has administered for eight years--require only distributing application forms and sending them back to Washington. But an affidavit in one program is as odious, and as unnecessary, as in another...
...Look Back in Anger. A glimpse through an attic window into a twilight society that looks forward to the past. With Richard Burton as the original Angry Young...
...Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, by Leo Rosten. The redoubtable dunce of the immigrant English class is back, just as funny as ever...