Word: icing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seemed like the winter Olympics all over again. For the world championships, figure skaters had moved to the big ice stadium built by Adolf Hitler at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Bavarian Alps. Colorado's Hayes Jenkins repeated his Cortina victory; when the women finished their school figures. Defending Champion Tenley Albright seemed to have a slight lead over Long Island's Carol Heiss, just as she had had in the Olympics. The "Skating Mothers" were still on hand, still complaining about accommodations, still intent on a family triumph...
Poised and confident as she had been at Cortina, Tenley skated out to repeat her Olympic routine. In her gold wool jersey, she danced across the ice to the music of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld. Satisfied with her performance, she said: "If that doesn...
Last week the police found one more clue-a shoe and scarf lying near a glazed-over hole in the ice and snow covering the Cambridge reservoir. The scarf was identical with the one father Clark was wearing: his wife had given one to him and one to Tom for Christmas. Next day, when divers found Tom's body under the ice, authorities concluded that in the darkness he must have mistaken the reservoir for a snow-covered meadow. "Another victim," said Tom's father wearily, "of a criminal fraternity prank." At week's end, Deke national...
American athletes have been faster with an excuse than on the ice or down a ski trail this winter, and the Carol Heiss-Tenley Albright "feud" has sorely detracted from their fine performances. Training and conditioning are fine things for an Olympic team, but while they may lead to victories they may not result in friends, and perhaps the budgetary appropriation urged by Macdonald would only intensify this emphasis on winning...
...Owen opened the Crimson scoring at 3:31 of the first period on passes from Terry O'Malley and Bob McVey, and Joe Crehore made it 2-0 for the Crimson as he broke away at center ice, scoring at 4:22. Lyle Guttu and O'Malley added two more goals to bring the score to 4-0. Guttu then pounded home a hat trick in the space of 90 seconds, as Cleary assisted in all three goals...