Word: mount
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...places to do this, Lake Placid is one of the most natural. Home of many world-class skaters and skiers, the village has more than an Olympic heritage; it also has many of the physical elements necessary for the Games. Nearby Mount Van Hoevenberg boasts North America's only bobsled run plus Olympic cross-country skiing courses. Neighboring Whiteface Mountain rises 4,867 ft, and its icy trails can test the knees and nerves of any Olympian. Moreover, the village still has, and uses, the ice arena built for the 1932 Games...
...manages to refresh the tale with a selection of tactful though telling observations and details that, with allowances for scenery and idiom, remind one of Jane Austen at Mansfield Park. "Onion was ornery and bucked a lot and enjoyed kicking over the chair that Henry, at six, climbed to mount him. It took a while for them to arrive at the abusive, affectionate arrangement that Henry later claimed was so instructive to them both...
With Harvard's defense shutting off any MIT attempts to mount an offense, the contest began to fall into a monotonous pattern: a Harvard steal followed by a Harvard shot followed by another Harvard steal...
Bald bearded and photogenic. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was once known as India's sex guru. At Mount Abu, the hill resort in Rajasthan where he operated from 1969 to 1974, he dispensed tantric yoga, chanting and meditation. Western pilgrims would sometimes doff all their clothes and wriggle in ecstasy, while the more inhibited Indians stripped down to their underwear. Photographers clicked merrily away without hindrance...
...remember my own trip to Draft Board Number 10 in Mount Vernon, New York, to register in 1972. I checked the conscientious objector slot with a mixture of pride and trepidation. Though the preliminary form committed me to nothing, I felt as if I had sealed my fate. Because I was born a Quaker, my religion provided an unusual advantage for getting approval for C.O. status. On the other hand, my draft board had a great deal of trouble filling its quota, and did not look kindly on conscientious objectors as a result...