Word: outdoors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wind is my worst enemy," Wallenda once said of his outdoor performances. Last week, as he prepared to walk a wire strung 300 ft. between two beachfront hotels in San Juan, P.R., he was warned that the winds blowing in off the sea were tricky. There was a steady breeze of 12 m.p.h., but with gusts up to 23 m.p.h...
...happens every year, Members of the Harvard tennis team head south with sheer optimism for their calling card, only to encounter tough southern teams that have been playing outdoor matches since February, before returning home with a couple of wins and a couple of frustrating losses...
...continuity with the cultural, educational and academic climate of the nation will not take deep roots in the life of that nation," adding that theological ideas that are not in continuity with American culture "have the character of cut flowers or at best potted plants not capable of outdoor survival...
SITTING IN AN OUTDOOR hot tub during a Cambridge winter seems like an invitation to pneumonia, but Sandy Alexander '79, a California expatriate, says snow and tubs go well together. "My brother and I used to go in an outdoor Jacuzzi up on Mammoth Mountain in the winter. We'd get out and roll around in the snow in our bathing suits, throw snowballs at each other. The cold doesn't hit you for about 15 seconds. Back in the tub your skin prickles all over--it's the greatest feeling." A hot tub might be just the thing...
...valuable because it is reprocessed into a food additive that causes cattle and poultry to gain weight. The thieves have oozed up across the nation, but most actively in Southern California, the fastness of fast food. Sometimes posing as legitimate grease collectors, they have cut chains placed on the outdoor grease barrels, smashed through protective iron gates, and driven over chain fences. Police are not doing much about cleaning up the grease mess. Says Alan Cohen, president of the Reliable Grease Co.: "The police tell us they've got the Los Angeles Strangler to worry about." Besides, unless...