Word: mastering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sport's acknowledged master began knocking off the highest mountains in 1970, when he scaled Nanga Parbat (26,657 ft.) in the glacier-shrouded western bastion of the chain. Then he climbed Manaslu (26,781 ft.) in central Nepal and Pakistan's Gasherbrum I (26,470 ft.) with Peter Habeler, a longtime climbing partner. In 1978 Messner and Habeler, now 44, climbed oxygenless to the summit of Mount Everest (29,028 ft.), and the mountaineering world gasped. In 1979 Messner went back to the Pakistan-China border and conquered K2 (28,251 ft.), the world's second highest mountain...
...Senior master singles-men--1, J. McGowan, New York, 19:00.02; 2, N. Halleen, Wisconsin; 3, H. Hamilton, Riverside Boat Club...
...Senior master singles-women--1, M. Meyer, Austin Rowing Club, 23:04.99; 2, M. Copland, Don Rowing Club; 3, B. Green, Narragansett...
...think it was someone with a key," said one resident, adding that "there are a lot of master keys floating around" because they are available to student dorm crew workers...
Listing Herschbach's accomplishments hardly does justice to his contributions to the undergraduate community, but notable in his five-year term as Currier House co-master are his support for the Dance Marathon, the music program, as well as ethnic awareness--for which he and his wife, Georgene, were given an honorary award by the Black Students Association...