Word: mckinley
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Those bamboo poles and an abandoned pair of snowshoes were the only traces late last week of the celebrated mountain climber. He was reported missing and feared lost on the west face of North America's highest peak, Mount McKinley in Alaska. His disappearance came just days after a spectacular success: on Feb. 12, his 43rd birthday, Uemura had become the first climber to make a solo ascent of the 20,320-ft. peak in midwinter...
...McKinley's thoroughness and control of plot are marvelous. Up to the last chapter, the fate of his characters is in doubt. And although it is possible to see the novel from a purely moralistic views, the tone is never preachy or unnecessarily gloomy; McGinley shuns intellectual, moral, or narrative pomp. Rather, what is most striking in this work is the verisimillitude of the feelings he ascribes to his characters. For example, just after his marriage, Kevin tries to ease out of his relationship with his sister, who still wants to sleep with him. However, McGinley poignantly describes Kevin...
Texaco Chairman John K. McKinley decided to top Liedtke's bid. First Boston, a New York City investment banking firm, advised McKinley on the price to propose. Texaco offered $125 a share. On Friday, Getty's board approved the deal in a hastily scheduled conference telephone call...
...Greg McKinley...
...best President. F.D.R. moved to second place, and Washington fell to third. Also rated as great: Jefferson, who supplanted Wilson in the top four. Rated as near great: Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, Jackson, Truman. Above average: John Adams, Lyndon Johnson, Eisenhower, Polk, Kennedy, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Cleveland. Average: McKinley, Taft, Van Buren, Hoover, Hayes, Arthur, Ford...