Word: mountain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enter the country, meanwhile, were totally frustrated. One Associated Press editor in New York phoned an A.P. reporter: "I see there is a lot of water around Chile. Have you considered going in by boat?" Indeed that had been considered, along with parachuting, chartering small planes, and going through mountain passes that might or might not have been guarded. All such schemes were abandoned as too dangerous...
...Beech Mountain, N.C., smack on top of an Appalachian mountain, is one of the South's largest ski areas. It could become crowded, because the developer, Carolina Caribbean Corp., plans to put about 8,500 single-family homes and 1,500 condominium units on its 7,200 acres. But the firm has set up its own water company, shopping center and police and volunteer fire departments to accommodate the crush...
...summers, the Post entourage moved to Camp Topridge, a mountain-top hideaway in upstate New York. There a visitor could rough it while living in a guesthouse staffed by a butler and maid. A crew of woodsmen-guides was on hand to help explore the outdoors, while the less energetic could get a glimpse of the St. Lawrence Seaway from Mrs. Post's four-engine plane...
...Residents are justifiably worried that their green and pleasant countryside will turn into a nightmarish octopus of access roads and tracks leading to and from the tunnel terminus. Complained William Hunt, 46, of Newington: "We don't count. We're like a pea on top of a mountain. If they don't want us, they just flick us away...
...beside the numerous environmental issues, the question of University responsibility to trustees also exists. The Environmental Law Society pointed out in its letter to Bok that "the long-time residence of the family on the slopes of Storm King Mountain and Dr. Stillman's own use of the forest make clear that his broad intention was to preserve the area in its condition of natural beauty." It went on to say that "the proper role of Harvard is to oppose with full vigor the construction of a pumped storage generating plant on Storm King Mountain...