Word: traveler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...months in Tibet are described in Penthouse of the Gods. An unusual travel book, particularly outstanding for its photographs, it describes his journey from India through the 18,000-foot passes of the Himalayas, the diplomatic wangling which got him an official invitation to the "forbidden city" of Lhasa, his novitiate in the big monasteries of Drepung, Sera and Ganden, with monk populations from 5,000 to 10,000. The climax is, of course, the fussy, interminable ceremony at which he became a full-fledged Lama, a Western reincarnation of a long-dead Tibetan saint. For readers who picture Tibet...
Spanning half the continent, the Glee Club will travel during the coming vacation to five of the nation's most celebrated musical centres New York City, Syracuse, Cleveland, Chicago, and Rochester...
...main trouble," he declared when asked for an explanation, "is that for our swimmers the Nationals come too much as an anti-climax after we complete our eastern season. We compete in 14 meets and the Eastern League championships here; then have to travel over 800 miles to swim against the country's best...
Boeing's 33-passenger Stratoliner, pressurized to travel above the airways at 20,000 feet, was in her death throes, had broken up in an engineering test dive. Down the crippled ship came, spinning, straightening out, sailing like a piece of ragged paper, carrying the ten men in her to sure death...