Word: flat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...conserved stamina for another 24 hours and tried again. Next morning the weather was benign. Only the racecourse was horrific: at the top an icy centrifuge of steep, high- speed turns, and past the midpoint, where racers still on their skis carried speeds of 80 m.p.h., a snaky, relatively flat descent over jarring, artificially created bumps and depressions. Luxembourg's two-time World Cup champion Marc Girardelli said that Mount Allan's downhill was the "most difficult in the world," worse than Kitzbuhel's thunderous Hahnenkamm...
Some 2 million veterans with service-related disabilities receive payments. Half of them have disabilities that in the Government's estimation impair their capabilities by no more than 30%. Examples: moderately flat feet and partly amputated fingers. Even though these problems do not seriously impair a veteran's ability to work, individuals receive up to $128 a month. Ending those payments, while giving the veterans free medical care for their disabilities, would save about $2 billion...
Bicycle Exchange employees say they try to provide another solution to the weather problem, by selling different styles of bicycles to Cambridge bikers. Employees say that the store has recently sold more flat-tire bikes. Because these vehicles are designed for use on all kinds of terrain, they can be used throughout the city in all kinds of weather...
...much updraft as possible after takeoff from the slope. Downhill racers crouch with their chests to their knees, assuming a near fetal position to cut wind resistance. In luge, sliders lying on their backs and steering with their feet minimize resistance by keeping their limbs aligned and body flat...
...tossed down the escarpment for the hyenas. Passersby would then throw stones at the spot until a cairn arose over the bones. This honorable send-off would probably have to be altered should Mzee Juu expire in London, where he spends three months of the year in a Chelsea flat with his 92-year-old housekeeper. He is a member of The Travellers, one of London's more exclusive clubs, and many of his friends are dons at Oxford, his alma mater...