Word: heighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Alpine or Rocky Mountain standards 6000 ft. above sea level would be merely a foothill, but in the Appalachain Mountains--which run from Maine to Georgia--only Mt. Mitchell in the Great Smokies can top Adams, Washington and the other Presidentials. Despite the relatively low height, 6000 ft. in the Presidentials is desolate and often quite fierce for climbers. This area is known to have some of the severest weather recorded anywhere on earth--Mt. Washington has logged winds as high as 232 mph, the highest surface winds known...
...Night. For his latest megalomaniac, Steiger has shaved his head and lost 45 Ibs. in order to work with Italian Director Carlo Lizzani on a movie (being shot in English) tentatively called Mussolini... the Last Act. Newsreel flashbacks of the real Duce strutting and posturing at the height of his power will be interspersed with scenes of Steiger playing Mussolini during the last four days of his life. As Steiger says, "He was desperate. He was cornered. He was paying the price of treachery and the ambiguity of those around him. It's what happens to every dictator...
Peter Durgerian, the Crimson goalie, played a brilliant game in making his 28 saves. Durgerian, a former basketball player, kept the game from becoming a rout, using his height and steady hands to turn away shot after shot for the entire hour and a half...
...train next to the engineer's compartment so you can look right out on the tracks. You can chart rising land values by looking at how close new subdivisions come to the trestle--the closer the homes, the more expensive the lots are for the builder. The trestle height offers excellent views of North Church, North Station and the Prudential development...
Tetirick has improved vastly this year over his 28-point performance of 1972, coach Correia says. "He has improved his approach to the ball so that he is neither too far behind it, where it won't rise, nor too close under it, where it'll have height, but no power...