Word: mountains
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Special attention will be paid to problems of alkalosis, the dissociation curve of haemoglobin, the fuel for musclar work at great attitudes, special characteristics of mountain dwellers, dehydration, the efficiency of sugars as food, and the behavior of the special senses...
...canned foods will include a wide assortment of meats, fruits, vegetables, cereals, and soups, as well as sea biscuits, powered milk, coffee, tea, sugar and chocolate. The Precise quantity of minerals consumed daily will be known, and the test will reveal whether or not a man climbing a mountain loses minerals while becoming acclimatized...
...fresh start. But I do not mean to emphasize the change of personnel so much as the psychological advantage which is to be gained from the new elections. They provide a new starting-point; they are a jumping-off point. They enable the editors to climb upon a mountain-top and survey the scene; to breathe fresh, clean...
Forced to carry most of its food supply and a good deal of equipment, amounting in all to about six tons, the group will take a native staff of 25 caravan drivers for the 100 horses and 20 yaks. In Tibet they will find only a few mountain sheep, some edible wild asses, and perhaps some fish...
Died. Frederick Landis, 62, only Republican Congressman-elect from Indiana, journalist, novelist, brother of Baseball Tsar Kenesaw Mountain Landis; of pneumonia; in Logansport...