Word: mounted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...more than 1,000 years, bearded, black-robed Greek Orthodox monks have lived in theocratic communities on that marble crag, Mount Athos, which rises 6,000 ft. out of the Aegean Sea. Accessible to male visitors, the monks are used to being asked: "What is the purpose of your life?" They invariably reply: "What is the purpose of your life outside?" Few years ago Mount Athos had a visitor who did more than ask about purposes. A Dartmouth sociologist named Michael Choukas, he viewed the "holy mountain" as a medieval hangover, a laboratory for pure sociological research. He lived among...
Latest bulletins yesterday indicated a heavy snow fall throughout. New England, with fair and colder weather in store for weekend skiers. Mount Washington reported four inches at the summit and 23 inches at Pinkham Notch...
Although there has been comparatively little snow in New Hampshire during the past week, snow to the depth of 25 inches lay in the area comprising Waring, near Mount Mousi-Lauke, and Rumcy, near Mount Stinson...
...Dagh on the northern Syrian coast. Here under the leadership of Gabriel Bagradian, a wealthy Armenian who was caught in the maelstrom when he returned to his birthplace after years in Paris, the Armenians resisted deportation and withdrew to the rocky fastness of a plain high upon the ancient mount. For forty days the courageous band held out and fell only after many had been rescued by a French cruiser...
...child on my knee and saying dada and goo-goo and oo-ittle-wubbity-wart. Virtues will be sticking out of me like candles out of a birthday cake. Squeeze me and I'll break into prayer. Kick me and I'll recite the Sermon on the Mount...