Word: skying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since the spread of cable TV systems, the U.S. has been buried under a blanket of television. According to the Nielsen ratings service, approximately 95% of U.S. households have TV sets. But what of the remaining 5%? Some live in mountain areas like Appalachian Georgia, or the new ski-resort town of Vail, Colo., where cable TV has not yet penetrated. Some Americans cannot afford to buy a TV set, although more American homes have TV than have telephones or bathrooms, and, as the Kerner Commission reported, television is "the universal appliance in the ghetto." Thus, many...
...into the family's Hickory Hill estate in McLean, Va., to await the birth" of her eleventh child, expected around Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, she keeps busy on new plans to build a nondenominational chapel in memory of Robert Kennedy at Waterville Valley, N.H., where the family spent its last ski vacation together on Washington's Birthday. The $80,000 to $100,000 needed for the chapel, which will go up on a plateau looking out at one of the Senator's favorite ski slopes, will be raised by public subscription...
...between 1932 and 1946 of the railroad his father once ran. U.P.'s present chairman, E. Roland Harriman, Averell's brother, is a partner in the bank. As for Sun Valley, Averell Harriman started it 32 years ago as one of the U.S.'s first major ski resorts. (The railroad sold...
...touch of the feminist?she smokes cigars, insists on using her maiden name, Carolyn Agger, and tools around in her own Rolls-Royce?she seems devoted to her celebrated husband. With no children, the Fortases find ample time for recreation as well as cerebration. During the winter they ski; during the summer they swim. They summer in Westport, Conn., and their permanent home in Georgetown has a swimming pool boasting a bubble top for year-round...
...emphasis was on the patriotic speeches, perhaps the parade through town, and a welcome day off from work. Now, with the five-day week and the superhighway, the happiest holidays are those that happen to fall on a Monday or Friday, thus providing a three-day weekend. As any ski enthusiast or beach fancier can testify, there is a lot of difference between the two-day regular and the three-day special...