Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...abbreviations: E Excellent G Good F Fair Up. Upper Lwr. Lower Lim. Limited MAINE Enchanted Valley E Lost Valley E Sugarloaf G Pleasant Mt. G Saddleback F VERMONT Sugarbush E Bromley G-E Middlebury Snow Bowl G Stratton G Pico Peak G Lim. Killington F-G Up., G Lwr. Ascutney F-G Haystack F-G Jay Peak G Up., G-E Lwr. Okemo Lim., Lwr. only Mt. Snow F Up., G-E Lwr. Stowe G Up., G-E Lwr. Mad River F Up. G-E Lwr. NEW HAMPSHIRE Attitash G Intervale G Wilderness F-G Wildcat F-G Dartmouth Skiway...
Chief culprits in the Donora, London and New York smog disasters were probably sulphur dioxide and sulphur trioxide, which, either in gaseous form or converted into sulphuric-acid mist, can irritate the skin, eyes and upper respiratory tract. Extreme exposure, such as might occur in an industrial accident, can do irreparable damage to the lungs-and even attack the enamel on teeth...
...that blacken the lungs of residents of London and New York carry gases adsorbed onto their surface. They enable suhphur dioxide, for example, to penetrate deeper into the lungs than it could on its own; without particles to carry it, the gas can be exhaled relatively easily from the upper respiratory tract. Other participates act as catalysts in the atmosphere, speeding the conversion of sulphur dioxide into more harmful sulphuric acid. Particles of arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, lead, chromium and possibly manganese, discharged into the atmosphere by a variety of man-made processes, may contribute to cancer and heart disease...
...participate in sports or games of any kind, although they contradict themselves later. Bullitt and Freud insist that Wilson grew up virtually shorn of the traits of manliness; his use of gentle persuasion rather than forcefulness was to them a sure sign that feminine characteristics had taken the upper hand...
...oppose draft tests both of which cause competition among students in a race to see who dies first. We should demand that universities withdraw from fighting the "cold" war by refusing to rank anyone (as some schools have done) or better yet by ranking all male students in the upper 25 per cent (as some others have). Universities should also not be involved in administering draft tests on university grounds, or providing university facilities for military activities. It is by raising these demands, demands cutting into the military-industrial complex, by supporting student and non-student in the attempt...