Word: finn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Livermore and Peter Garrett, both graduates and skiers of national repute, will probably lead the Harvard schussmen; but Del Ames, Roger Wilson, Finn Ferner and Phil Field will all place close behind, and all are expert at winding in and out of the narrowly set bamboo poles that constitute the slalom...
...fast sprint to the tape. Maki's formula is an almost imperceptible acceleration, pulling farther & farther away from his opponent un til he has an invulnerable lead. If Rice could dog Maki's heels for two and a half miles, experts felt he could beat the Finn...
...they started churning around the Garden boards-Maki, loping along with hands held low like a cross-country runner-chesty, short-legged Greg Rice showing that he had as much sisu (fighting spirit) as any Finn. Mincing along in his pony gait, he stuck to Maki's heels, moving forward when Maki (coached by Tutor Nurmi, standing stop watch in hand in the infield) moved forward. For 31 laps the Notre Damer and the Finn were so close together that the Miraculous Medal on Rice's chest practically beat a tattoo on Maki's back...
...yelled themselves hoarse-and Tutor Nurmi sank forlornly to a wooden bench in the infield-Rice tore around the Garden like a tornado, broke the tape 28 yards in front of Maki, 20 yards in front of onetime Record-Holder Don Lash, who had also whizzed past the Finn. Rice's time (13:52.3) not only broke the world's record he set six weeks ago, but was only ten seconds short of the mark Maki made outdoors in Finland last summer...
...come to the U. S. directly from the Karelian front, 2) he had attended too many banquets "for Finland," 3) he was unaccustomed to running on small saucers and board floors. Let Maki meet Rice outdoors some time* and track fans will see the real Flying Finn, they added...