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Word: bjelasnica (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bjelasnica, all covered with snow, workmen are hoisting a wheel to finish rigging a ski lift. The wind is fierce, and faces are glowing like crepes suzette. The snow blowing in the sunlight is as fine as dust. To lengthen the course a few meters, the downhill run begins inside a new restaurant adjacent to a weather station whose frozen antennas resemble the turrets and spires on an ice castle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Sweet Scene in Sarajevo | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

...Mount Bjelasnica, some 500 soldiers were packing the racecourses, stolidly enduring the 5°F cold and the eternal winds. It was a time to be philosophical; at least no one was shooting at them. In Sarajevo, members of a student volunteer brigade goofed and joked as they worked without undue haste at shoveling snow from the center of Kosevo Stadium. Mirjan Jarovije-vic, 15, a student at the Yaroslav Cernyi technical school, took the arrival of a visitor as a splendid opportunity to lean on his shovel and sneak a smoke. He said he had been chosen for the work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rolling Out the Red Carpet | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

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