Word: forested
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...giant redwood tree, which grows only in the foggy climes of Northern California and Oregon, is one of the world's oldest and largest plants. Yet it is more than a plant and more than a relic. With huge trunks soaring hundreds of feet into the sky, a forest of Sequoia sempervirens is a life unto itself, binding a despoiled planet to its pristine past. As California Naturalist Duncan McDuffie said: "To enter a grove of redwoods is to step within the portals of a cathedral more beautiful and more serene than any erected by the hands...
...structural and decorative uses. To date, the battle has gone to the chainsaw. Where there were once 2,000,000 acres of virgin redwoods, only 250,000 stand today. Last week, as Congress sent to President Johnson a bill establishing the nation's first Redwood National Forest, the conservationists won a significant victory...
...sociological phenomenon," says Arthur Ashe Jr. He is a great deal more than that. Last week, on the center court at Forest Hills' West Side Ten nis Club-the same stuffy club that once barred Ralph Bunche from membership-the son of a Negro playground guard from Richmond, Va., established himself as the No. 1 star in one of the most segregated U.S. sports. In a five-set match, Ashe, 25, defeated blond Tom Okker of The Netherlands, 14-12, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, for the U.S. Open championship. His victory made him the first...
...Life became a good deal easier after Arthur met R. Walter Johnson, a Negro doctor from Lynchburg, Va., whose avocation was encouraging promising young Negro tennis players. Years before, Dr. Johnson had befriended a girl from Harlem named Althea Gibson and started her climb to two Wimbledon and two Forest Hills titles. Impressed by Arthur's raw talent, Dr. Johnson started him on the junior tournament trail, paid his traveling expenses and entry fees...
Victory at Forest Hills last week brought Ashe a wealth of prestige, but Tom Okker took home the first-prize money of $14,000. Classified as a "registered" player in The Netherlands, Okker could opt for either expenses or prize money. The U.S. has no such classification, which is why Ashe may well turn pro when he gets out of the Army next February; there are rumors that he already has been offered a $100,000 contract. In the meantime, he is looking ahead to December's Davis Cup Challenge Round in Australia, when he hopes to help take...