Word: shelterer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most will cite a certain mystique about the mountain which they attribute to the physical characteristics of the mountain and not to mystical qualities. One of the most crowded times at the summit of Adams is just before sunset. And the hikers who grope slowly back down to shelter below the timberline in the shimmering darkness after watching the sunset will never argue that what they have just witnessed was a most spectacular scene. For the few fleeting moments while the sun sets, the whole mountain is bathed in a fiery red tint, and all who sit atop the mountain...
Their immediate goal of getting shelter from the blistering cold and icy gale-winds, however, brought them circling around the summit of the mountain. All hope of getting back to the shelter was lost after another hour because the blizzard had become so fierce that they could no longer walk upright. Stranded with only minimal supplies and food, the group had no other choice but to try to build up some sort of shelter and hope the blizzard subsided before they starved or froze...
Innis charged that the white liberals who prevented the debate at Harvard had a "missionary complex" which led them to try to shelter blacks. "They're hiding us from the tiger, instead of giving us a gun and a spear and letting us go out and get the tiger," he said...
...flurry of attention that the Towers has received has done little to change the basic circumstances of life for its residents. Big projects like the Towers may be an idea whose time is past, along with the World War II veterans the Towers used to shelter The Cambridge rent subsidy program, which allows recipients to live in privately owned buildings scattered throughout the city, is now more popular than the projects...
...blow. Taking over CNA would also be attractive for other reasons: Gulf has a lot of excess cash on hand that could be used to greatly expand the insurance company's operations. The special tax benefits that Gulf enjoys as an oil company could provide a tax shelter for part of CNA's already considerable profits (nearly $100 million last year), thereby increasing the combined worth of the two companies. Such benefits appeal especially to Harold H. Hammer, Gulfs chief financial officer, who worked out the proposal. Hammer joined Gulf about a year ago after a clash with...