Word: mountain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviet leader talked of his youth and hard work. His father, a metallurgical worker, had always told him, he said, that they ought to build a huge monument on a mountain to the man who brought peace. Brezhnev the engineer seemed a man driven by his past to achieve something beyond just power and dominance. He wanted to build, and he wanted Richard Nixon around for the next summit and the one after that...
...rifle and must visit a firing range for target practice at least once a month. Women also must serve in the militia. There are a number of dummy soldiers, too, who bravely man fake machine guns to decoy Communist spotters. Privately, though, even some government officials concede that the mountain of military hardware may not be necessary, and that unification with the mainland may be inevitable. Back on Taiwan, where younger bureaucrats and even some young legislators are quietly discussing the changes that will come when Mao and Chiang are gone, one official observes: "We need low-income housing more...
...cutting back their retail operations in areas where they are weak. In recent weeks, Exxon began phasing out at least 150-and possibly as many as 400-of its Midwestern stations. Atlantic Richfield plans to fold some 2,400 of its outlets in the Upper Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions...
...Environmental Law Society brought forward, in addition, the issue of responsibility to trustees. "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," its letter said. "The proper role of Harvard is to oppose with full vigor the construction of a pumped storage generating plant on Storm King Mountain...
Abplanalp (the name is pronounced Abplanalp and means in Swiss-German "from flat mountain") has long had a taste for conservative causes and candidates. He was a strong Nixon supporter in the 1960 campaign, but the two men did not meet until 1963, when Nixon moved to Manhattan to practice law. In a restaurant, Abplanalp went up to shake Nixon's hand and said that he thought Nixon had been "robbed" in the 1960 election. The two struck up a friendship, and Nixon started going on vacation retreats to Abplanalp's private island in the Bahamas, Grand...