Word: roped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mighty protector of Christianity has arisen. King David of India. . . has taken the field against the unbelievers." But the Vatican's information proved faulty; "King David" turned out to be Genghis Khan, and his Mongol empire was to spread terror on the flank of Eu rope for the next two centuries...
...with the realization that everything in the world was thick. My fingers were sausages. My tongue was a tennis ball. My lips swelled grotesquely on the mouth grip. The air was syrup. The water jelled around me as though I were smothered in aspic. I hung witless on the rope. Standing aside was a smiling, jaunty man, my second self, perfectly self-contained, grinning sardonically at the wretched diver. [He] ordered that I unloose the rope and go on down...
Although playing at sports is far more valuable to an education than watching them, College physical requirements stop after a year of physical training, the ability to swim, and the knack of sliding down a rope. But even if athletic participation is essential to education, when inflation forces a choice between it and a greater tuition rise, athletics should take a back seat for the duration. A top notch sports plan means little to the student who must work longer hours to make up for his increased tuition package. It means even less when he knows part of the money...
...That is the wonder of the modern-day fairy-land that is a New Hampshire or Vermont ski resort. Whether it's a chair lift, a rope tow, or a T-bar, there they all are. All types ride the tow. And here is where the basic purpose of the skier comes to the surface...
Bethlehem Steel Corp. was hard hit in pride and pocketbook two months ago. Then, a federal district court in Scranton annulled its 1937 purchase of the Williamsport Wire Rope Co. on the ground that a federal judge had been bribed to approve the deal (TIME, Oct. 27). Last week Bethlehem found a way to clear its name and get back Williamsport. It agreed to pay Williamsport stockholders an extra $6,000,000 for a clear title to the company (it had originally paid $3,300,000 for the business while it was in receivership). In approving the terms...