Word: hel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kitzbühel, Austria. It has been less than two weeks since Canadian Downhill Racer Dave Irwin spun out of control off the steep course in Wengen, Switzerland, slamming into the hillside at 60 m.p.h., cracking a rib and suffering a severe brain concussion. Despite the injuries and a steady downpour, though, Irwin has been working out here. "I took a couple of free runs today," he says. "Straight down, nonstop. " He will be back out every day from now on. "There's nothing a doctor can do for me," he says. "The cracked rib still hurts a little...
...Press boat, Hel Cat, a large catamaran that is otherwise used for charter fishing groups out of Long Island, joined the single file line of impressive power yachts as it weaved past the Vigilant and headed toward its special spectating area near the committee boat. The rest of the fleet had to stay back and be content to listen to the radio reports of Jerry Nevin and Norry Hoyt from the Hel Cat broadcast over Newport station WADK...
...KITZBÜHEL, AUSTRIA. "Kitz" is like Miami Beach with snow, a crowded commercial resort that draws both the packaged-tour trade and the famous. Crown Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden skis here, as do Jet-Setters Günter Sachs and Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach, the Krupp heir. Visitors who want to try to ski the multifaceted Hahnenkamm or merely stare at celebrities can get a week's vacation for about...
...Hel-lo-o-o... I'm the Big Bopper." The band dramatically swelled into crescendo. "Chantilly Lace... and a purty face... and a pony tail hanging down..." The crowd screamed. The frenzy of the dance floor exploded again. Spike and Mary Lou were Big League. They knew the moves... all the moves, "...there ain't nothing in the world... like a big-eyed girl... to make me act so funny... make me spend my money..." The crowd parted. Spike and Mary Lou accepted the spotlight. Back and forth. Jitterbug rock. Through the legs... skin the cat. Up and out. Over...
Austrian officials, fearful that the French team's success will deflate Austria's winter tourist trade, are groaning even louder. Last month, in fact, Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky called an emergency meeting in Kitzbühel to decide how to stop the French. The only sure way is to kidnap French Ski Director Jean Béranger. Women's team coach for nine years before succeeding Honoré Bonnet as head coach this season, Béranger is no stickler for style. He believes in "doing things empirically. A skier's morphology, his character, his personality...