Word: mountainous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILES from the nearest flicker of civilization, in the depths of the Peruvian jungle, a mile-long clearing has been hacked to connect two rivers. On one bank rests a 300-ton steamship with its nose pointed up the 40-degree slope of a mountain, looking like a stranded whale waiting to climb a steep beach. A series of ropes connect the ship to massive human-powered wooden winches and a lone bulldozer. The engineer, who designed the system to tackle a 20-degree grade, has quite fearing for the lives of the Indian workers if a metal...
This director bears no resemblance whatsoever to his armchair counterparts in Hollywood. For Werner Herzog, filming his latest effort Fitzcarraldo, only hauling this massive ship over the mountain would properly illustrate the central metaphor of his movie. Perpetually choosing the most difficult route possible to achieve his goals, Herzog scorns the shortcuts and props that usually dominate his medium...
...pipeline will become a part of existing gas lines leading to the population and industrial centers of the East, delivering 350 million cu. ft. of fuel per day to customers by Oct. 15. Named Trailblazer, because it is the first major pipeline to transport gas from the Rocky Mountain Overthrust Belt in western Wyoming directly to the Midwest, the $1.4 billion, 36-in. line is the work of five different interstate gas-transmission companies-Colorado Interstate Gas Co., Columbia Gulf Transmission Co., Mountain Fuel Resources, Inc., Northern Natural Resources Co. and Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America. Together the firms...
...Lady was not able to go to the mountain (Fuji, that is), but the mountainous Takamiyama came to the Lady. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, on a visit to Asia, was ready to tussle with Japanese officials over matters of state. The Tetsu no Onna (Iron Lady) was not, however, prepared to lock arms with Japan's heftiest Sumo wrestler, Takamiyama, whose name means Mountain of the Lofty View. The 6-ft. 4-in., 448-lb. colossus, born Jesse Kahaulua in Hawaii and now a naturalized Japanese citizen, disarmed Mrs. Thatcher by cuddling her hand in his great...
Individual performances come shining through, in spite of the temptation to simply let songs like "I Want You Back." "Heat Wave," and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" do the entertaining. Darcel Spear, a 17-year-old show-stopper, consistently executes the best. Her youthful energy explodes on "My Cherie Amour" and "I Heard it Through the Grape Vine." The irony of her singing songs which departed play lists long before she started tuning in radio airwaves makes her performance particularly refreshing. Everett Gibson, a Boston University junior with more muscles in his face than most people have in their...