Word: mountain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drive to Vail from Denver, the mountain town will come upon you as a surprise. You've been driving for an hour-and-a-half, the golf course on your left seems endless, when suddenly the red topped roofs and neat rows of town houses, condominiums and shops appears...
...proposal and move in too. All goes horribly. Dwight is a secretive bully who is either at his companions' feet or at their throats. With young Tobias, it is no contest. The boy is given demeaning, pointless tasks, constantly berated and subjected to drunken, careering rides up hairpin mountain roads. He could, of course, tell his mother about this abuse and possibly dissuade her from marrying Dwight, but he does not: "I had come to feel that all of this was fated, that I was bound to accept as my home a place I did not feel at home...
...When you started this show, you were sort of TV's avant-garde, and now you're almost the king of the mountain. You're the guy people are trying to knock off, or copy. Does that make you uncomfortable...
...Well, I think your assessment, while flattering, is largely inaccurate. I wouldn't say we're the king of the mountain. And I'm not sure we were ever avant-garde. I think it's true that in the early days we felt like we had to establish ourselves as being different, so maybe it was easier for us to do odd things and take more chances. I think the grind of doing a show every night makes you more inclined to say "Well, we did that once before, we can do it again." A certain kind of inertia takes...
...King began preparing for another demonstration. The week after the disastrous march, he delivered one of his most stirring speeches to supporters at Centenary Methodist Church. "I just want to do God's will," he declared. "And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over and seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the Promised Land. And I'm happy % tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine...