Word: hoods
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...they rolled away from Portland's fashionable Oregon Episcopal School, the 15 students and three adult leaders were swept up in the buoyant mood of people off for an adventure. The agenda: a fast round-trip climb of 11,239- ft. Mount Hood. By 2:30 a.m. on Monday last week, the group, light in spirits and equipment alike, had traveled the 70 miles to Hood's base and started the climb. Why not? They planned to get back before dark. The Rev. Thomas Goman, one of their leaders, had 18 similar climbs under his belt. They carried enough food...
...crowd of more than 100 Harvard students and Cantabrigians watched Cambridge firemen pry open the hood of the car, owned by Kate Gillis, and douse the burning engine with water and foam...
...started to burn a little under the hood when the fire trucks came and blocked both streets," said Marissa Ghez '89, a Mass. Hall resident. "As they pried the hood open with a crowbar, flames burst out from underneath and the whole underside of the car began to burn...
Gillis, 24, said she was looking for housing in Cambridge with her real estate broker when smoke started to pour out of the hood. When she braked in front of Johnston Gate for a look under the hood, she said the engine burst into flames...
...Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings published a novel about a boy and his pet, a doomed young fawn. It won the Pulitzer Prize and passed into many editions. The most valuable remains the version decorated with paintings by N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), the great illustrator of Robin Hood and Treasure Island. Now, as a Reissued Classic, The Yearling (Scribners; $19.95) is again available. Once more the tragic but redeeming life of the Florida backcountry is illuminated by a giant of the genre...