Word: lake
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...apparently lasted all of three minutes and was for the removal of a swelling on the lower part of his neck. At week's end there was no more talk of comas, and Big Daddy was said to be recovering very nicely, thank you, on an island in Lake Victoria...
...attracted six major productions this year, including The Fury, a Fox $6 million spy thriller starring Kirk Douglas. Governor James Thompson lent a state helicopter to the crew to scout locations, waived permits to allow equipment to be hauled across state lines and persuaded the owners of a Lake Forest estate to allow filming in their home. When Director Robert Altman was filming A Wedding, for 20th Century-Fox distribution (the movie stars Mia Farrow and Geraldine Chaplin), Thompson declared a Robert Altman Week and held a big bash for the cast and crew at a Chicago disco. Which points...
...project. More unusual, a relatively small and unknown company beat out the giants of the North American gas industry to win the contract to build and operate the pipeline. The construction cost alone could reach $14 billion. The victor is Northwest Energy Co., a firm based in Salt Lake City, which had sales last year of $626 million, mostly from a pipeline system supplying seven states. Its peppery chairman, John McMillian, a Texas independent oilman, masterminded the struggle. For his bested competitors, including the Canadian subsidiaries of Gulf, Exxon and Shell, McMillian had no sympathy: "If they had been more...
...Newfoundlands plunging into Pennsylvania's Lake Harmony carrying a life preserver to a "victim," or towing a boat along the shore, were re-enacting their breed's tasks of another century. Newfoundland fishermen used the dogs to gather nets spread in rich offshore fishing grounds. With a double coat similar to an otter's, the dogs withstood long exposure in the icy waters. Newfs are also strong swimmers whose webbed front paws arc out in a powerful breast stroke: no ministroke dog paddle for these canines. In the 19th century, it was rare to find a sailing...
...unfortunately-is eager for the water. And once he's in, he can't just swim around for the fun of it and still be a rescue dog. We're striving for controlled instinct, and the balance is crucial." Other tests involve retrieving objects from the lake bottom, ferrying lines and hauling simulated victims ashore. After six hours of being put through their strokes, only two dogs passed the junior level requirements, and none was able to complete the more demanding senior rescue test...