Word: cliff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...flashing glimpses of the famous-H.G. Wells, Walter de la Mare, Jan Masaryk-as well as of obscure middle-European writers fleeing Nazism whom she tried to help. There are the sights and sounds of cities in crisis-Munich, Prague, Vienna, Budapest-as well as the bare cliff tops and mute-hued moors of her native Yorkshire coast...
Director Robert Fuest is quite a comedown from original Director William Wyler, then hitting his stride. Wyler worked against the faintly ridiculous aspects of the plot. Fuest emphasizes them: the young bastard Heathcliff finds a soul mate in Cathy, who swears "I am Heath-cliff." Grown to wild manhood, he is thrust out of the ancestral digs, Wuthering Heights, by its owner Hindley. Cathy is pledged to another; Heathcliff goes abroad and returns a sudden gentleman of fortune. At the gaming table he wins most of the estate from the ruined Hindley, but too late. Cathy, doomed...
Among Tuttle's clientele−and the patrons of such tattooists as Los Angeles' Jim Malonson and Chicago's Cliff Raven−the most popular new designs are peace symbols, astrological signs, doves, black panthers, Hindu gods and excerpts from the hip lexicon ("right on," "trip" and "head" are among the current favorites). Tuttle's prices vary with complexity. A simple wristlet goes for $20, while a Hindu god or a black panther can cost in excess...
...first conquest of El Capitan by the easier, "Nose" route in 1958. He met Dean Caldwell, a climber since his teens, in a bar in the Yosemite Lodge two years ago, and the two set out to master the most difficult path up the 3,000-ft. cliff in their first climb together. Harding, 46, and Caldwell, 27, hauled 300 pounds of equipment. They averaged only 150 ft. each day, screwing expansion bolts into the wall as they inched their way upward. The ascent-originally scheduled to take twelve days-stretched into the longest continuous effort in the history...
Harvard completely dominated the second period of play and by the half the outcome appeared determined. But Brown came out for the third period knowing that its season was about to end. and Cliff Stevenson's team muscled its way into several dangerous situations. In particular, the Bruin forwards threw themselves at goalie Shep Messing whenever he went into the air to intercept a pass...