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• n  a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range

• From two sides of the Balkan massif, Europe's two greatest powers were approaching a junction in the Balkans.
• In the foothills of the Chu Pong massif, practically in Cambodia's back yard, the brigade found its quarry.
• Then there was the intellectual massif of Norman Mailer, indisputably one of the great writers of our time, but his supreme achievements are his headlong reconfigurations of the .

News & Articles

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• Climbing pioneers gathering at Neptune Mountaineering this weekend to celebrate Layton Kor and historical first ...
  Some of the country’s most influential climbers will gather Friday and Saturday at Boulder’s Neptune Mountaineering to discuss the first decade of climbing on the Diamond of Long’s Peak, the iconic massif first scaled by the pioneers of climbing between 1959 and 1967. The two nights will also serve as a remembrance of Layton Kor, [...]
  June 19, 2013 - Denver Post

Quotes

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• Lance Armstrong in Independent Online
  In Massif Central, we'll see the start of the real race,Armstrong said.