Word: starting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Almost from the start Hackett and his companion, Argentine Lieut. Jorge Julio Mottet, circled traps which had claimed the lives of at least 20 explorers since the peak was first climbed (by a Swiss guide named Mattias Zurbriggen) in 1897. After a tramp through desert-like heat at the base, the climbers crawled through a rock-chocked ravine to reach the slopes. Even in the midsummer month of February, clouds can lay a treacherous coat of verglas (glaze ice) on the slopes in less than an hour. Ice or no ice, there is always the danger of an attack...
...River Nile, which has controlled the lives of millions of men in the last 7,000 years, may soon be completely controlled by man. After years of bickering, the British and Egyptian governments have agreed to start a system of dams on the upper tributaries which will eventually turn the unpredictable Nile into an obedient, dependable slave...
...story of Charley Gray is the story of millions of decent, middle-class U.S. citizens who are doing well, have a fire in their heels to do still better, and in their thoughtful moments suffer a fugitive feeling of discontentment from start to finish. Charley and Nancy have been to college; they have a house and a car, even a membership in Sycamore Park's second-best country club. All they want at the moment (besides the vice-presidency) is a newer car, membership in the Hawthorn Hill Club, prep school for the children and, later, when they...
...Committee also announced that it would start accepting application blanks today, two weeks earlier than usual. The expected rush for money made the extension necessary...
These are not adequate reasons for putting off a survey. If there are others, the Administration should mention them; if there are on more, it should start looking for surveyers...