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...climb to the top of Adams or any of the other six Presidentials which jut above the timberline is tough and risky enough to bring die-hard climbers back year after year. But Adam's attraction just begins with its Himalayan similarities. Ask any climber who knows the range well and chances are he'll describe Adams as a mountain which hikers worship: Washington is too commercial and can be reached too easily, Clay and the lesser known peaks are too non-descript. Madison and Monroe have large Appalachain Mountain Club Huts on their sides, and Jefferson is too much...
...Indian subcontinent, residents of the Himalayan foothills have been chopping down trees at a prodigious rate to get more cropland for the growing population. The deforestation was particularly apparent to Economist Lester R. Brown, an agricultural specialist with the Overseas Development Council in Washington, who has worked periodically in India for 20 years...
...India be saved?" Blitz, a supporter of Mrs. Gandhi, continued: "Political and economic problems of Himalayan dimensions threaten to crash upon the Indira Gandhi government unless it wakes up to the awesome realities...
Sikkim's precarious position on the Tibetan frontier has long worried India, which is responsible for the Himalayan protectorate's foreign relations and defense and keeps a careful eye on domestic affairs as well. The immediate cause for the disturbances, however, is a controversy over Sikkim's bewildering electoral system, which is artfully arranged to keep opposition politicians in a minority in the 24-member legislature. When the ballots were counted after the most recent elections, in late March, the King's Sikkim National Party emerged with eleven seats and the two opposition parties with seven...
...Drag On--Chris Smither (Poppy). An artist like Chris Smither is less likely to scale Himalayan peaks than a joni Mitchell, but this album flies consistently at a remarkably high level. A folk singer whose music is closer to rock and blues than to the classics, Smither has a powerful voice with a controlled roughness. Don't It Drag On is a supremely economical album; each track is strong, the moods are well balanced from sedate to raucous, and Smither never stifles the impact of his or other people's songs with flabby arrangements or excessive lyrics...