Word: alberg
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This week Allais' racers trained for the season's first tournament at Portillo. They took the slopes the French way-keeping skis always close together, swinging weight to turn. Such teachings are heresy in the U.S., where Hannes Schneider's Alberg school has ruled for years, and uncounted thousands have angled their skis in stem and snowplow turns. But to a man, the Portillo pupils raved about Allais. His theories, the Americans predicted, would soon sweep the U.S. Chile's Government, eager to foster Andean sport and latch on to a few badly needed tourist dollars...