Word: mountain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mountain of Love...
...have whittled away his girth but not, apparently, his strength. Always an avid sportsman, he now spends almost as much time hunting and fishing as he does in the Pardo, his 16th century palace just north of Madrid. His stamina is remarkable. He can still bound up hillsides after mountain goats, shoot 300 partridges a day, and wade for hours hip-deep in the icy mountain streams of Asturias...
...pedestal of ice (see cut). In 1946, a DC-3 flew into a Swiss Alp, inflicting minor injury on itself and passengers, who disembarked. Thereupon, the plane sank out of sight into a glacier's soft snow. The thrifty Swiss calculate that the glacier, moving ponderously down the mountain, will discharge its cold-frozen possession six centuries hence-presumably in flyable condition...
...area, the comment that the "230 acres would not significantly affect the 2700 acre forest" indicates a superficial knowledge of the forest. Contrary to Mr. Raup's opinion, the area to be taken over by Con Edison is of drastic significance to the woodland. The face of Storm King Mountain, White Horse Mountain, and considerable acreage in the Black Rock area were to be sacrificed for a "reservoir." The term reservoir is used only in connection with pure water, but in fact the water will be saline and polluted. Furthermore, Con Edison itself admits that it could not guarantee against...
...boosted its reporting staff from 65 to 100, stationed one reporter in Viet Nam while others roam, the globe. Arizona staffers have delved into such topics as poverty, the new math, smog, pornography, and corruption in the state tax commission. The paper fought successfully to save nearby scenic Camelback Mountain from private developers...