Word: langlauf
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...Oslo Kathleen Norris whose eight books have been translated into 13 languages, Sigrid Boo (rhymes with Hoo) at 40 makes her first U. S. bow with The Long Dream. As befits the country that originated the langlauf (long-distance ski race), her novel is slow in starting, spends nearly half its length on the heroine's retrospective thoughts during a train journey back to her native town after seven years' absence...
Percy Rideout, outstanding langlauf skier and jumper for two years on the Dartmouth Skiing team was chosen to be captain of the ski team next year...
...they climaxed a clean sweep of the meet with a perfect score of 500. Threatened to the end by the University of Munich delegation, the Dartmouth ski-men were led to victory by Dick Durrance and Howard Chivers, who coralled firsts in the downhill, slalom, and langlauf events...
...langlauf, cross country work, lies Harvard's chief weakness, as there are at present no experienced men in this event. From now until the Carnival it will be the principal object of skiers and coaches to develop a few good candidates either from the third class or the novice material...