Word: ruggedness
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The first step toward maturity, however, was the application to Harvard College. A large group applied because Harvard is "the place to go." This is a widely held opinion, and thus a happy, mature one. A less rugged and better dressed group applied because it was "the thing to do...
Back home again, Ben Barka began casting about for suitable self-help projects, soon thought of the rugged Rif mountains, which form a natural barrier between North and South Morocco and until last year marked the boundary between the French and Spanish zones of occupation. Following the classic policy of...
So said Victor Grossi of Chicago's Grossi Bros. Home Appliances last week of the discounting business-which only a few years ago threatened to knock old-line retailers out of many a choice market. Since the war, the discounters have built a $5 billion business selling appliances and...
Gluhareff, 41, Russian-born son of Michael Gluhareff, engineering manager of Sikorsky's major helicopter program, plans to manufacture his device in partnership with Los Angeles Industrialist Robert McCulloch, hopes to get bids from the armed services and firms such as oil companies, which often need to plunk down...
Something of Value. Aden, on the tip of the Arabian peninsula, was one possibility, but Sandys found the climate unbearable (120° in the shade during his visit), and facilities generally limited. Kenya, on the other hand, offered attractive possibilities. The climate in the highlands is salubrious, and there is...