Word: darch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...airborne assault-Alyeska President Bill Darch calls it a "commando raid"-on the pass could be stopped cold by a heavy snowfall. If it was, finishing touches on this last difficult part of the line would have to wait until about 30 ft. of snow melts late next spring...
Almost on Schedule. Elsewhere along the line, other final construction work has already been slowed by blizzards and sporadic work stoppages. As a result, concedes Darch, "we are not going to meet our goal of putting oil into the line next May." But "with a little luck," he insists, the oil will start to flow by the end of June, enabling Alyeska to begin loading tankers at the ice-free port of Valdez almost on schedule...
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