Word: climbing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Everett, an experienced climber and the first American to scale the four major peaks of North America, had one serious gap in his expertise: he had never climbed in the Himalayas. Neither had the other U.S. members of his team, though all were skilled climbers. Everett was determined to scale Dhaulagiri I by its knifelike southeast ridge, a route never before attempted. He was racing a deadline: because the arrival of monsoon rains in early June would make further climbing immensely risky, the climb had to be accomplished in April and May. The team gathered in Katmandu early last month...
THOUGH prices are in their steepest climb in 18 years, Washington's economic seers have repeatedly insisted, as Nixon Adviser Herbert Stein said last week, that "we have turned a corner." Now, at last, there is confirmation of sorts in a group of economic telltales known as the "leading" indicators...
...having trouble with a certain production line. Working with the staff engineers, Tichauer evolved a pair of pliers with a 30° bend in the handle. As a result of this consideration for the human wrist, which tires quickly when awkwardly contorted, efficiency took an immediate and gratifying climb...
...Ballon," recalls Lee Marvin, "I was what they call a good back-up actor. I was getting money in five figures before the Oscar. For the last one, Paint Your Wagon, I got a million dollars, plus 10%. From 1965 to 1969, that's a pretty nice climb." Climbs like that are sufficient reason to let the Academy carry on its business as usual...
...beyond its shrunken means. Doubt has taken deep hold that any government-or policy-will overcome the problem. Britain long ago stopped making full use of either its individual resources or its technological know-how. Only if it succeeds in using both will its economy gain the strength to climb out of the present morass...