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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mount Tremblant is a name to make over-the-border enthusiasts glow with respect. But nationalists term it a 4000 foot chair lift haul to the top of trails no better than those to be found at Stowe or Bromley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hills Are No Steeper and Snow No Whiter in Canada, Says Ski Club | 1/8/1948 | See Source »

...feet chair lift is being constructed on the north side of Tremblant to feed an entirely new set of trails. This area should be ready for use in less than a month...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hills Are No Steeper and Snow No Whiter in Canada, Says Ski Club | 1/8/1948 | See Source »

...above 1947's record levels. Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that consumer prices reached a new high in mid-November. The level was 8% above a year ago, 24% above mid-1946, 67% higher than at the war's start in 1939. A 2% lift in wholesale prices since November indicated new consumer price peaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Onward & Upward | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

...gave a clear indication of what their nations would try to do next. Yet the pattern was fairly clear: 1) the U.S. and Britain would try (with or without French cooperation) to put their zones of Germany to work; 2) through the Marshall Plan, the U.S. would try to lift distressed Europe out of Communist danger; 3) Russia would try to wreck both these plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: What Next? | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

...lifter" at St. Paul is Hines's setting of the Lord's Prayer. The choir chants the first line in unison, adding more harmony with each new line. The screaming climax leaves the church shuddering. Says Hines: "We don't sing to entertain. We sing to lift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: We Sing to Lift | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

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