Word: mountains
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...testing airplane design; the new electron bombardment furnace, producing temperatures half as hot as the sun; the 100,000 - volt storage battery, most powerful in the world; the high-frequency radio equipment making automatic records of condition in the ionosphere; experiments which have led to a new theory of mountain formation; and many other laboratory features...
With many favorite ski trails covered with breakable crust, winter sport fans will find that Stowe, Vermont; Franconia Notch, New Hampshire; and Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire have the best snow conditions for skiing this weekend...
Stowe has cold, fair weather with 34 inches of snow. Franconia Notch reports good skiing with 45 inches of granular snow and an icy surface. Cannon Mountain has 78 inches and a granular surface...
...Winter mountain climbing is a new idea for the club, but for 15 years they have been organizing weekly climbs during the spring and fall. When the four members started out on Huntington's Ravine, which is located on Mount Washington, they were turned back by danger of avalanches caused by the loose ice and snow...
Only a remarkably sturdy constitution could have withstood the series of painful breakdowns which sapped the strength of Pope Pius XI for almost three years. His early love for mountain climbing and his simple manner of living kept him in excellent health until he was well into his seventies. But for the last three years the sick man of Europe has kept devout Catholics, as well as reporters and radio commentators, awake many a night as he spectacularly battled death...