Word: winterizer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Uemura's original plans for this winter had been to attempt a solo 1,200-mile dogsled run across the South Pole from the Ross Sea to the Weddell Sea. But his early planning, which needed the cooperation of the Argentine government, was disrupted by the Falkland Islands war. Instead, Uemura set his sights on the Alaskan peak, which he had scaled alone before, in the summer of 1970. "I know that in the eyes of many people I would only look like a Don Quixote," Uemura once replied when asked what drove him. "But I always want...
...pull-out of the U.S. Marines. In the Soviet Union: the death of Yuri Andropov and the succession of Konstantin Chernenko; a funeral in red. In Iowa: the small beginnings of an American presidential election; the first funny hats and toots of the horns. In Sarajevo: one more Winter Olympics done; memories on videotape; the ice dancers Torvill and Dean synchronized, as if accidentally, like birds in a wind. Four major acts, then: war, ceremony, process, grace...
...enchanted theme of discovery like the one which accompanies the opening of the Ark in "Raiders of the Lost Ark. "Furthermore, living long before Stanley Kubrick. Kepler seems to have missed the age of Tocattas in space they were probably reserved for such mundane things as Summer and Winter (the themes of III and IV, respectively) And the likeness with movie themes is no coincidence. In fact, many people, upon hearing the album for the first time point out that it sounds like a movie soundtrack. The similarity is that Davis, like a move maker, has picked a theme...
...plan was first proposed last fall by the council's Residential Committee, and a poll in the Houses after winter recess indicated student interest in the idea...
...Last winter there were people coming in from under the woodwork. Students were sleeping here overnight, and having others hold their place in line while they went to class," said Page, adding. "It was a madhouse." This year, interest has subsided, according to Page...