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...climb up a very long, steep hill. We were going to camp at the top of the hill. I always used to enjoy going fast up these hills, and at one stage I caught up to John, who was at least 10 years older than I was. I passed John. John was very, very competitive, and even though he was older he really put on the pace to try and pass me again. Well, there was simply no way I would permit anybody to pass me, and I put on the speed and left John behind. I always remember looking...
...used us with different groups. So I realized I simply wasn't going to be able to climb with George. I looked around and decided that the best and fastest mover around the place, apart from myself, was Tenzing. I remember once at lower altitudes, going up to this pass. On the walk up, Tenzing and I really raced up to the pass. I beat him to it. But he was obviously very fit, very strong and I was impressed. Tenzing was very competitive too, he wanted to be up front. That was a good sign...
...never really let up. How do you feel [here in New Zealand] when you go down to the grocery store and pass a $5 note with you picture on it? I don't spend a great deal of time thinking about that sort of thing...
Tehran called it a routine encounter, even saying the audio was faked. But the White House wasn't ready to let it pass. Besides the Pentagon's release of the footage, the White House called the run-in "reckless." It was a "dangerous situation," said President George W. Bush. "They should not have done it, pure and simple...
...very excited to see that students will have the opportunity to evaluate the entire course, and not just before the exam,” he said. Music professor Thomas F. Kelly, the chair of the Committee on Pedagogical Improvement, said he was optimistic that the reforms would pass before spring evaluations. “Given that the Q is already underway, there’s plenty of time for the Faculty to figure it all out,” he said. —Staff writer Maxwell L. Child can be reached at mchild@fas.harvard.edu...