Word: crosses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even before he began the Vasaloppet (Vasa Run), Sweden's gut-racking cross-country skiing championship, Farmer Gunnar Larsson had good reason to feel discouraged. He had tried the 50-mile grind in eight previous races and never finished better than fourth. Now he was 35, and the long trail that led from Sälen, near the Norwegian border, to the small town of Mora, deep in the picturesque province of Dalecarlia, looked tougher than ever. Weather on the course veered from dim to foul. At the starting line, mist lay heavy over the hilltops, and skis...
Donations placed now will be received by the Cambridge chapter of the American Red Cross during the week of April 22-26 in the Lutheran Church at 60 Winthrop...
...Medical and hospital insurance, optional for the individual, will be handled through the Blue Cross-Blue Shield organization, which now has a unit at Harvard...
...jump, and cross country especially require coaching, to point out flaws in style, or to help in mastering the difficulties of the various tricky courses...
...everyday event of the Sunday skier, the downhill, does not rate as a problem event for the varsity. Even the slalom is familiar to many fun skiers. But in the Nordic Combine (the jump and cross country), the coachless varsity has slipped from its previous good showing...