Word: colorados
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cottonwoods and aspens, beneath cloudless autumn skies. To the northwest stood Longs Peak, 14,255 ft., and to the southwest Pikes Peak, 14,110 ft., their shoulders cloaked with snow; on the way out to the horizon, amid intervening tiers and hollows, lay places like Clear Creek, where Colorado's first important gold strike was made in 1859. ("Panned out eight treaty cups of dirt," the prospector said, "and found nothing but fine colors...
...taken after his wedding. Contemplating it, he seemed unusually relaxed and contented, for here was the segment of land that he had always most liked to come back to. Suddenly from below, from the croquet garden of the hospital, came shouts denoting that here was another day, spent in Colorado, to be remembered. "Happy Birthday, Ike," several convalescent patients were calling up to him. "Happy Birthday, Mr. President...
News of war in Europe failed to dislodge Stardust from the public soul. A Colorado vacationer climbed to the top of Lookout Mountain, where he discovered eight boys and girls around a campfire, eyes closed, singing in close harmony, with the professionalism of Glenn Miller's sax section. Their song: Stardust...
...last summer. When he found out about the coffee breaks, he said that Greinetz would have to pay for the time. Said the inspector: "As soon as they step in your shop, they are on your time." Greinetz refused to pay, so the Labor Department took the question to Colorado's U.S. District Court...
...heels, and the hangings and wall coverings have been soiled by those who could not resist the urge to touch. The repairs-handled by White House maintenance men-are necessary every two years, and were arranged this summer to coincide with the President's vacation in Colorado...