Word: mt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When practical people asked George Mallory why he wanted to climb Mt. Everest, the Englishman answered; "Because it is there." French Naval Captain Jacques Y. Cousteau is a man similarly obsessed; his obsession, however, is with the depths...
Yardling skiers are at Putney, Vt., today for their first match under the leadership of newly elected Captain John Vohr. Tomorrow, they will join the varsity at Mt. Greylock, Mass., for the slalom championships. Both teams will later in the day compete in the giant slalom at Pinkham Notch...
...contractors have already offered the Cambridge City Council proposals to construct the new building, either on the city-owned parking lot or at the corner of Mt. Auburn and Story streets. The Council must decide by April 1 which, if any, of the proposals it will accept...
...from the walls had come the portraits of Simón Bolivar and Ben Franklin, the etchings of early aircraft, the framed photographs of Sam Rayburn and Alben Barkley. Gone from the presidential desk were the familiar knickknacks-a piece of rock from the highest mountain in North America (Mt. McKinley: 20,270 ft.), the donkeys, and the desk photos. Said Harry Truman with rueful jocularity: "If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again...
...present "Jim's Place" was opened in 1943, after service personnel had crowded out the Mt. Auburn St. place. The name "Jim's Place" came at the request of undergraduates; before moving in in 1943, he had changed the title of the restaurant three times...