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...late. His hero, rushed by a mob of other brandy-fueled fanatics, ran for protection. Was a blurred whoosh-past by Alberto Tomba worth the $500 trip? Assolutamente! ``He doesn't slow down even when he can afford to,'' Coruzzo vouched. ``That's why they call him La Bomba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOMBAMANIA! SKIING'S ALBERTO TOMBA | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

...mere bronze medal for British dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean infuriated many of their fans, who felt their smooth Fred-and-Ginger routine should have cut more ice with the judges. Italian slalom star Alberto ("La Bomba") Tomba disqualified himself by skiing off the course in his second giant-slalom run. He later complained of a stress headache...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week February 20-26 | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

...past archrival Marc Girardelli and became the first Olympian skier to defend a championship, Tomba had left his signature in capital letters on the Games. Afterward, unshaven, in a baseball cap, with balloons around his neck, making comments about his prowess that his interpreter decided not to translate, "La Bomba" all but ensured a transition from the small screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1992 Winter Olympics: Even In Alberto-Ville, Everyman Lives | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

...Neither one of us wants to crowd the other one, or influence each other's life decisions right now," Bomba, a mass communications major (what else?), explains to us before a framed photo of her soon-to-be-former mate. Others, they explain coolly, eyes ever on the prize, have opted for such admittedly pleasant diversions as ski bumming and white water rafting, having apparently decided, along with Shakespeare, that their "mistress" eyes are nothing like...

Author: By Michael Blumenthal, | Title: The 'Base Compromise' of Youth | 11/4/1989 | See Source »

...Prezzi Bomba!, a jazz-fusion-Tibetan-post-existential-oboe-playing group takes the stage tonight at Agassiz Theater at 8:00. Assistant Professor of Music Graeme Boone, who teaches a Core course on Jazz, performs with keyboardist John Rabinowitz, clarinetist David Rothenberg and drummer Marc David Carnegie. Tickets for this performance are $5, and they can be purchased at the door...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arts On Campus | 3/17/1989 | See Source »

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