Word: edmunds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...After 13 months of lavishly air-supplied U.S. occupancy, it has been described as "looking like a Chinese laundry after a hurricane," with assorted litter peppering the snow. But getting around the Antarctic by land is still quite a trick. Last week New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Mt. Everest, arrived at the South Pole after a 1,200-mile journey by tractor from the British base at Scott Station on the Ross Sea (see map). He made it with only one drum of gasoline left, enough for 20 miles of travel...
...Edmund crossed new and difficult terrain, but his purpose was not primarily exploration. It was to establish supply depots to be used by the Commonwealth transAntarctic expedition led by Britain's Dr. Vivian Fuchs, which is working its way across the whole ice-covered continent from the Weddell Sea, making scientific observations every 30 miles...
Depot 700. Tall (6 ft. 3 in.), methodical Sir Edmund trained for his trip as he trained for Mt. Everest. He and his men started with the snowfields of the New Zealand Alps, then moved to Antarctica, where for nearly a year they tested themselves and their tractors in the worst possible weather. Last Oct. 14 he set out from the Ross Sea base, led a supply train with four tractors up the Skelton Glacier to the ice-covered tableland on the far side of Antarctica's main mountain range. When he had established Depot 700 (700 miles from...
January. Sir Edmund Hillary will deny ASPCA charges that he used penguins to pull his sled when he reached the South Pole. Sir Edmund will say, "The birds are not only bow-legged, but paunchy. The charge is ridiculous." Back in Cambridge, Dean Watson will be fired for having purchased 3,000 IBM machines without authorization. The ex-Dean will declare, "Machines are lots of fun. Lots." Dean Bundy will reply, "Mr. Watson knew quite well that there is no need for 3,000 IBM machines. I suffice...
...many market experts realize that the same psychological whimsy that has sent the market into a slump can halt its decline at the least sign of brightening economic weather. At week's end, Wall Street kept an anxious eye on the business barometers. Said Walston & Co.'s Edmund W. Tabell, one of the Street's top market analysts: "If Christmas sales and automobile sales pick up, 420 will be the bear market...