Alps

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Barbara Stanwyck plays a celebrated concert pianist being treated for tuberculosis in an elite Swiss Alps sanitarium.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

G7 heads of state will meet in Evian in the French Alps in mid-June.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

A new rail tunnel through the Alps will whisk passengers and freight from northern Italy to Munich at speeds of up to 155 miles an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

He talks about a trip he took one summer to the French Alps doing research with artisan cheese makers.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

In the Pyrenees and the Alps, entire villages would essentially hibernate from the time of the first snow in November until March or April.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell