Word: breaths
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...made a strenuous climb. Without so much as glancing at a map of the route, Corti and Longhi impetuously started climbing. Part way up they met two Germans also making the climb and joined forces. Trouble began. One of the Germans developed stomach cramps, and Longhi ran out of breath...
...Dream of Evil. As skillfully as he describes the horrors of the mountain, Olsen conveys the hell within Corti. Alone on his ledge, Corti cursed the planes that buzzed uselessly by. After his rescue, he murmured gratefully, "How beautiful the sun is." But in the next breath, to his rescuers' dismay, he boasted exultantly that he had conquered the Eiger. Later, he was pilloried in the press and charged with deserting Longhi to save himself. When he was finally vindicated, he swore that he would attempt the mountain once again. "I dream about it all the time, that evil...
...princess would be called Mariam (Arabic for Mary), "a name that is sacred in the Koran and in the Scriptures, that of the mother of Jesus Christ."* One of the few young husbands able to name a new daughter and a new wife all in the same breath, Hassan let it be known that the "royal spouse"-she will not be addressed as Queen-is a 15-year-old member of a prominent Berber family and is called Latifa...
...your money," she tells the ladies at coffees, teas and club dates, as she hits President Kennedy and his foreign policy. "This [U.N. money] is your money, not his private fortune, which is going to Poland, Yugoslavia, and India, which has consistently voted against us, and-hold your breath, girls-to Cuba!" She often invokes Styles's shade. "I thought about this a long time. I lay awake nights. I know what it requires to be a public servant, if you do it well. I am a respected co-worker with Styles, and those who admired Styles. If they...
...polishing off TV but at polishing the Greek apple. "Your ancestors would look upon us with pity," he said, praising the serenity and balance of Greek art. "To them, we would be truly barbarians. In the midst of even the wildest and most whimsical [Greek] comedy, there remained that breath of greatness and of freedom. Comedy has become wisecracks. Very clever, sometimes even witty. But the background of greatness is not there, so the savor, the depth of contrast, is gone. The surprise, the fast switch, the shock, have taken its place. Unless there is a belief in the potential...