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...course of civilization," Omnibus Executive Producer Robert Saudek decided to re-enact the battle on TV. At first it was to be treated as a classroom demonstration, with tin soldiers on a sand table. This gave way to a plan to film the battle at Lenox, Mass, on terrain resembling Gettysburg without the monuments. One hundred and fifty bearded and costumed actors and volunteer extras, all Civil War buffs, armed with polished muzzle loaders and supported by cavalry and authentic 19th century cannon, stood by for four days as the October 1955 rains pelted them. Cost of the washout...
McLean succumbed to his old nemesis, the second hill of the course, as the rough terrain proved too much for his already injured ankle. He was forced to drop out of the race at the three mile mark...
...less than a week, a third of Egypt's army had been routed; its air force was gone; its terrain east of the Suez was in the hands of its most hated enemies; and its capacity to resist Anglo-French invasion of the canal was sorely crippled...
...year search for reserves to supply the region, Houston Pipeline Builder Ray Fish battled the Federal Power Commission for two more years (TIME, June 28, 1954) to win permission for his $230 million Pacific Northwest line. Once started, Fish's Scenic Inch raced faster, farther, through more rugged terrain than any other U.S. pipeline...
...Holmes, were further removed to be sure, but there seemed to be no class distinction in non-sectarian Mount Auburn, and most definitely, there was no "wrong side of the tracks." Spruce Ave., while invigorating, seemed exhausting, and we felt our temples throb as we struggled with the rugged terrain...