Word: mohawk
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...highways, then spilled onto narrow country roads, causing slowdowns near picturesque spots. "I've covered more accidents caused by people running across a street or highway to take a picture," said New Hampshire State Trooper T.R. Korbet. Growled one tourist: "The traffic is so bad along the Mohawk Trail that they had to bring out Indians to entertain all the leaf freaks sitting in their cars with nothing...
...which is easier on the ankles than ice-skating. Says one enthusiast: "You can roller skate for five hours without getting tired." Gutsy oldsters are also gradually invading the rinks, eager to brush up on fancy footwork learned back in the '30s-notably the "spread eagle" and the "mohawk," turning movements used to reverse direction. The management often obliges by playing such nostalgic tunes as Tea for Two, Rambling Rose and Heart of My Heart...
...sixth largest airline in the U.S. in passenger traffic. Its revenues have nearly quadrupled to $265 million, and profits have risen to $6,000,000 last year from a loss of $5,000,000 in 1967. The acquisition of the financially troubled Lake Central airlines in 1968 and Mohawk Airlines last year has given Allegheny a route system that embraces 70 cities from Memphis to Montreal...
...group addressed about 100 people yesterday afternoon at Memorial Hall, ending a day-long "Mohawk Indian Program" sponsored by the Peabody Museum...
...want to Mohawk schools and spoke the Mohawk language," he said. "Yet in these schools I was told to forget my native tongue, or be physically punished. Today Mohawk children don't even know such a Mohawk language exists...