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Take skeleton. It was a Mr. Cornish who decided to take the St. Moritz track headfirst during the 1887 tobogganing Grand National. So not only is skeleton not new, it is downright hallowed and has been in the Olympics before, most recently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just This Side Of Loony | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...Take skeleton. It was a Mr. Cornish who decided to take the St. Moritz track headfirst during the 1887 tobogganing Grand National. So not only is skeleton not new, it is downright hallowed and has been in the Olympics before, most recently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just This Side of Loony | 2/3/2002 | See Source »

...match for the U.S., not to mention the rest of the schussing world. The Austrians have dominated skiing in recent years, whereas the last American man to win an Olympic Alpine gold was Tommy Moe in 1994. In general, U.S. downhillers have made the nation's soccer players look downright Brazilian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back In The Fast Lane | 1/15/2002 | See Source »

There are few things more banal and downright grubby than paper money and small change. In an era of electronic commerce, serious capital - the stuff that buys shares in companies, builds factories or pays a mortgage - flits unseen from one bank account to the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out With The Old and in With the Euro | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

After the game, McCormick’s overall goals against average sat at a downright ridiculous 0.46 goals per game. As has been the case all season long, his play between the pipes was the story of the game...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Ties No. 9 Michigan | 1/4/2002 | See Source »

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