Word: treks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...From 1805 to 1877, Oregon's Nez Perce Indians were engaged in an epic struggle to preserve their identity; 750 of them retreated across four states until they were surrounded by U.S. troops and forced onto reservations. Author Josephy has written a big, thoroughly researched account of the trek...
...From 1805 to 1877, Oregon's Nez Perce Indians were engaged in an epic struggle to preserve their identity; 750 of them retreated across four states until they were surrounded by U.S. troops and forced onto reservations. Author Josephy has written a big, thoroughly researched account of the trek...
...there, improbably enough, to award diplomas to 426 medical students, climaxing nearly a week of hoopla calculated to revive his people's flagging "revolutionary fervor." For four days and nights, students and friends had hiked up the mountain with the bearded dictator.* At one point during the trek, Castro called for helicopter delivery of 1,000 quarts of ice cream for his weary followers. Tons of food, TV cameras and electrical generating equipment were hauled to the campsite, where eventually over 1,000 Cubans gathered with the Maximum Leader...
...William J. Gordon Jr., 47, left Virginia Theological Seminary 22 years ago on assignment to Alaska, where he is now Episcopal bishop. He lived five years in an Eskimo village, once made a 35-day trek from Point Hope to Point Barrow by dog sled; he flies 50,000 miles a year, much of it in bad weather and to isolated areas. "Most people," he says, "wait on their islands of insecurity for the world to overwhelm them. In most of the U.S., no one has to take risks. Up here, you feel challenged. When I fly in bad weather...
Last week Lynda Bird Johnson wanted to be alone. She made a four-day, 42-mile trek through the lonely lakes of Northern Minnesota with an entourage of eleven canoes, several Secret Service men, Mrs. Orville Freeman, tables, benches, portable lavatories and plenty of steaks. Because the trip was being financed by the National Geographic, Lynda had banned the press and was traveling incognito: floppy madras hat, dark glasses...