Word: mount
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...make a statement about waste in U.S. society, Economist David Osterberg, 35, of Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, moved into a chicken coop nearly two years ago. The quarters are small (9 ft. by 12 ft.) but cheap: $40 a month for rent and electricity. Osterberg installed a glass skylight, insulation and not-so-spartan furnishings, including a stereo, color television, refrigerator, telephone, toaster oven and several Persian rugs. Says he: "Living this way makes me feel that at least I'm not part of the problem...
...that proves to be the case, a treaty could be ready for signing by Nov. 19, the first anniversary of Sadat's trip to Jerusalem. But where should the signing take place? Sadat himself proposes Mount Sinai, where the Lord gave the Law to Moses, a prophet revered in both Hebrew and Islamic tradition. The White House tends to like the idea. "Imagine that, a summit on a summit," reflected one Administration official. "What an event that would...
...front of The East Is Red department store in Wusih, Carl Schweinfurth, a 6-ft. 6-in. businessman from Mount Vernon, Ill., snaps a Polaroid picture of a young mother with babe in arms. Two minutes later, he hands her the color print. Within one minute after that, a crowd of perhaps 500 people has assembled to look and marvel at the picture...
...bronze Britannic lions. Another old bank has been transformed into an absorbing museum of ancient art. The Peace Hotel, built as the Cathay by Sir Victor Sassoon hi the mid-1930s and now the premier hostelry for Western visitors, is creaky and listless, but it can still mount a banquet worthy of an Emperor. At a school hi Shanghai's Yangpu district, 34 exquisite young voices rehearse a song that turns out to be pure Maozart: We Follow Our Chairman. In a nearby room at the Children's Palace, a finely tuned orchestra of eleven-year-olds, playing...
...Crimson's first doubles team, Katie Ditzler and Meg Meyer, picked up easy, straight-set victories over first and second round opponents from Clark and Mount Holyoke...