Word: chamonix
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...granted-the pervasive signs of economic growth and prosperity. London, Paris, Milan and Frankfurt are cacophonous with construction and clogged with cars. An international network of autostradas, Autobahnen and autoroutes links the Continent's major (and even minor) cities. In winter, such fashionable ski resorts as Gstaad, Chamonix and St. Moritz are booked solid; in summer, there is a mass migration from Europe's colder climes to such resorts as the Costa Brava and the Costa del Sol, as well as to (almost) unspoiled beaches on Sardinia and Yugoslavia's Adriatic coast...
...CHAMONIX, FRANCE. In the shadow of Mont Blanc, Chamonix is one of the largest resorts; some 40,000 skiers pass through each year. The range of accommodations is also vast (110 hotels and three times as many restaurants). The steep, challenging slopes are almost always jammed, and skiers must often wait, not only to get up to the top but also to begin their descents. One week: a bargain...
This year both the French and the Austrians must be delirious with joy. Nancy is walloping them all. In the Winter Olympics at Grenoble, she won a gold medal in the giant slalom and a sil ver in the slalom. Next, in the Arlberg-Kandahar at Chamonix, she won the downhill, slalom and combined trophies. When the tour moved to the U.S., she won all three events at Aspen, Colo. slalom, giant slalom and downhill beating France's Marielle Goitschel by a 1.67-sec. margin in the giant slalom...
...championship. Annie Famose won the ladies' special slalom, and Jean-Claude Killy streaked down the 1.7-mile course at an average speed of 63 m.p.h. to take the men's downhill. Then the "old man" of the French team, 26-year-old Guy Perillat, a shopkeeper from Chamonix who had never won a world title before, beat Killy at his own specialty: the giant slalom. By week's end, with only the men's special slalom and combined to go (and Killy favored to win both), French skiers had won five out of the six events...
...would never have gone through with the ceremony. A tremendous mountain storm sent vengeful bolts of lightning slashing across the slopes of Mont Blanc, and their thunderclaps shook the valleys below. The helicopter bearing Charles de Gaulle had to grope its way in heavy fog through the pass to Chamonix, and a nagging rain dropped a chill...