Word: mountain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ride up the mountain was relaxing. The green hills and low misty clouds brushing the mountain tops produced a calm effect. Small square houses lay set back from the edge of the street. A few had thatched roofs. They were all bright and clean. We waved at the children who played in the spacious yards. Though simply dressed in tee-shirts and shorts, the kids were all very neat. With bright smiles, some returned our greetings, while others gave us curious glances. The droning sound of our bus contrasted with the intermittent chatter of our questions as we flooded...
...week-long festivities of the Moslem sacrificial feast known as Eid-ul-Azha had not yet ended. Suddenly one evening as Pakistanis gathered in their local mosques for prayers an earthquake rumbled across the northern part of the country. Within moments, thousands of buildings collapsed into rubble, and some mountain villages were practically wiped from the map. By the time the tremors finally stopped 24 hours later, at least 5,100 people were dead, and more than 15,000 injured...
Wearing a jaunty red-white-and-blue stocking cap, the big man schussed down the mountain trail and snow-plowed expertly to a stop. His cheeks were ruddy, his eyelashes and thick eyebrows frosted white by the -12° cold, and his grin could not have been broader. The skiing, exclaimed Gerald Ford, was "super...
...Boston physicians base their conclusion on a study of 792 skiers injured at Vermont's Mount Snow during the 1972-73 season. The current rate of 3.4 injuries per 1,000 skier-days was virtually the same as that observed at the same mountain in 1960-61. But the pattern of ski injuries was greatly changed. In the past, the classic ski injury, the broken ankle, accounted for nearly half of all ski fractures. Now, because of stiff plastic boots that protect the ankles, and bindings that release under bone-breaking tensions, such injuries make up only...
...mountain risen...