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...signs at the base of each trail leading into this barren world above the timberline warn prospective climbers of the oft severe weather conditions and their susceptibility to rapid and drastic change. Even in the summer the danger of exposure is enough to warrant these stiff warnings. A sky which starts out as clear and is accompanied by temperatures in the seventies at the base of the range may develop into a miserable and dangerous fog which yields near zero visibility and icy rocks by late afternoon...
...Facing a stiff wind which gusted across the field throughout the game, the Crimson offense was unable to get untracked in the first half. Princeton, on the other hand, started in highly impressive fashion...
...loneliness of the long-distance runner is poignant, consider the ostracism of the long-distance walker. These stiff-legged striders, who have competed in the Olympics since 1908, are facing their last stride for the gold. The International Olympic Committee recently dropped the 50-kilometer walk from future Games and scheduled one last 20-kilometer walk in 1976. The awkward walkers, say officials, create traffic problems as they fan out through city streets. Moreover, referees despair of ever properly policing the prescribed form (one foot must always be in contact with the ground, one knee must not bend...
Indeed, the improvement in the farmer's lot will probably last for many years. Prospects are strong that world demand for food will continue to grow rapidly, auguring a good return for farmers-and stiff prices for shoppers-in the foreseeable future. Simultaneously, farm output will rise because the Government, in a historic and long-overdue policy shift, will no longer pay farmers to hold down production. Butz warns farmers to expect shortages of fertilizers and of propane gas used to dry grains. But barring drought, blight or flood, the men and women on the land can look forward...
...Librium prices. Because no U.S. Government agency now has the power to regulate drug prices, there are unlikely to be any effects on U.S. prices. Elsewhere, controversy is likely to rage for years, during which Roche executives, government officials and judges in several countries are likely to need stiff doses of tranquilizers...