Word: lanes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Blair's near flawless technique, and in the process developed an awe of her rival's abilities. Skating three pairs ahead of Bonnie, Ye got off to her trademark slow start in the 500. Then on the backstretch as she accelerated, Ye claims she was obstructed on the lane changeover by the Soviet skater against whom she was paired. Ye nonetheless finished strongly, and her clocking of 40.51 was flashing in first place on the electronic timer when Blair set the toe of her left blade into the ice 10 minutes later...
Bryson then moves to Italy, asserting that the drivers no longer "want" to kill him, but they still "will." Apparently, the drivers are too busy "tooting their horns, gesturing wildly, preventing other vehicles from cutting into their lane, making love, smacking the children in the back seat, and eating a sandwich the size of a baseball bat, often all at once" to pay attention to pedestrians. Spontaneity like this makes this book enjoyable...
...going to be a Jerry Pawloski, not a Lane MacDonald," Pawloski says. "I'm just taking over the position. He has his way. I have...
Pawloski had big shoes to fill coming into this year. Former Assistant Coach Lane MacDonald '88-'89 was well-liked and well-respected among the players...
...with a population smaller than that of Rockefeller Center in New York City -- tended to diffuse the sense of panic and excitement, as did the cold reality of 10 sites scattered across 620 sq. mi. of mountainside. These genuinely did seem the small-town Games, the Games of one-lane roads and gyms turned into press centers. True, the main street of Albertville had become a huge window display for such arcana as smiling M&M's on skis, a version of the Olympic mascot, Magique, made entirely of chocolates and other gadgets Olympiques. Billboards around town featured uplifting quotations...