Word: walden
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moors in Cornwall, England, but saw little reward in the life of a country squire. Convinced he should help the tribal people he had seen, he joined in 1969 with Francis Huxley (son of the late Sir Julian Huxley), Viscount Boyd of Merton and Lord Butler of Saffron Walden to form Survival International...
This story begins on a grey morning, about two weeks ago. We decided to journey to Walden Pond, to experience nature. We got there and were experiencing nature, walking across the frozen pond, wondering if we could find a live beaver to eat--as Henry David Thoreau used to fantasize--when we discovered upon climbing over a slight rise, that our car was no longer there. Now, the first thing we figured was that our car had been stolen. But then we realized that it probably had only been towed--although it was 9:05 on a Sunday morning...
...forefront of the merchandising blitz are such chains as Waldenbooks, the nation's largest book retailer, owned by Carter Hawley Hale Stores. Begun in 1962, the Walden chain now has 498 shops dotted around the country, mostly in suburban shopping malls. In recent years it has been opening a store a week. B. Dalton, a subsidiary of Dayton Hudson Corp., the department store conglomerate, is the second largest bookseller. Dalton too has been growing at a feverish rate in recent years and has 339 stores in 40 states. Other chains include Doubleday stores, an affiliate of the publishing house...
Having consolidated their position in the suburbs, the chains are now tackling the big cities. Walden already has three stores in New York City and is planning to open more. Next month Dalton is opening one of the nation's largest bookstores, on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. It will carry 100,000 titles and have ten departments offering 125 categories of books. The religious and health sections will have parquet floors for a feeling of stability. The technology section will be paneled in walnut, and the young readers' section will be colored a bright Star Wars blue...
...although there is access to the mighty Atlantic, Walden Pond in Concord is the perfect place to reconvene with nature. You're better off staying away from the little kiddie beach area, but there's lots of places to park yourself around the pond. And yes, the stone foundations for Thoreau's house are marked off in the woods, on the far side of the pond away from the beach...