Rushmore

[ruhsh-mawr, -mohr]

noun

1. Mount, a peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota that is a memorial Mount Rushmore National Memorial having 60-foot (18-meter) busts of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, carved into its face between 1927 and 1941, from a design by and under the direction of Gutzon Borglum. 5,600 feet (1,707 meters).

Rushmore

/ ˈrʌʃmɔː /

noun

1. a mountain in W South Dakota, in the Black Hills: a national memorial, with the faces of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Roosevelt carved into its side by Gutzon Borglum between 1927 and 1941. Height: 1841 m (6040 ft)

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The company running the Mount Rushmore shoot, called the Strategy Group, does not appear on public documents about the contract.

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“The cowboys in the desert and Mt. Rushmore and being on the road with the gas stations and the eight-hour drives — it’s like a dream. I love it.”

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“When you look at the Mt. Rushmore of Los Angeles radio stations, KFI is either up there or it deserves to be,” Searight said.

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He still has his Blockbuster rental card from childhood, where he says renting movies like “Rushmore,” “Raising Arizona” and “The Graduate” opened up a whole new world to him.

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His all-American good looks couldn't be ignored: Redford was once described as "a chunk of Mount Rushmore levered into stonewashed denims".

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