Word: mountain
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...Islands." The refreshingly mild and breezy climate was praised by more modern travelers as "perpetual spring." But early natives of the Canary Islands,*70 miles off the northwest coast of Africa, knew better. They chose the name Pico de Teide (Peak of Hell) for the 12,200-ft. volcanic mountain that looms broodingly over Tenerife, largest of the seven major islands: the natives thought the devil lurked inside it. Last week Tenerife was about as hellish as any place on earth...
...proceeds across the U.S., a constant danger is that controller and pilot will somehow misunderstand each other. This apparently happened on Dec. 1, 1974, when TWA Flight 514 was approaching Dulles International Airport, outside Washington, D.C. Coming in too low, the plane crashed into a mountain while the helpless controller watched the blip disappear from his radarscope. Since that disaster, controllers, while giving the final clearance, read out specific altitude changes to pilots approaching all airports...
Such is the underground Passover of the people traditionally known as Marranos (secret Jews), a word that originally meant pigs. They live not only in Belmonte but also in many other mountain towns in northern Portugal. Forced to convert to Christianity in the 15th century, they still follow Jewish customs that have been passed on by word of mouth across nearly five centuries. Though they have had virtually no contact with the rest of the world's Jews, many authentic prayers have survived in their ritual, alongside such Christian accretions as the Lord's Prayer...
...times tragedy permanently granitizes the athlete at the top of the mountain. One need look no farther than baseball's Roberto Clemente or auto racing's Peter Revson as examples of what A.E. Housman was trying to say in "To an Athlete Dying Young" when he penned "Now you will not swell the rout/Of lads who wore their honor...
...Muhammed, Fran, Hondo, Yaz and The Golden Bear--good luck! Try to follow the examples of Ted Williams, Jimmy Brown, and John Wooden. Get up there with Al Maguire and see what fun it is to be able to watch from a permanent box seat on top of the mountain...