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...Olympiad makes. Now, in a near rustic city in Japan, the Games beckon once again as a refuge from the snares of the world, where the tawdry can be banished (alas, except for commercial logos) and where the most compelling mysteries involve the intricacies of quad jumps, clap skates, luge weight and curling. For Nagano is robed in that symbol of purity: snow, unsullied and ready for the pursuit of truth as expressed in athletic prowess. Out of mind are potential scapegoats--El Nino, the Asian meltdown. Of course, like all other Olympics, Nagano has its intrinsic debates, but they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nagano 1998: The Winter Games | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

Brookline Ice and Coal supplies the styrofoam, the hose and the ice. And at minimal cost, they will set up the luge that is placed through the ice blocks, cooling the vodka as it flows...

Author: By Jeremy L. Mccarter, | Title: University Can't Control Campus Binge Drinking | 5/5/1995 | See Source »

...luge" is a one-by-four foot block of ice with crisscrossed lines on both sides of the ice that improve the block's looks. A curvy track--which resembles an Olympic track--runs down the center of the block...

Author: By Nicholas A. Stoller, | Title: In Buying Alcohol, Harvard Is Frugal | 10/1/1994 | See Source »

Once in a while, however, students tend towards more exotic alcohol. For example, the "booze luge," the specialty of Acme Ice Company on 100 Kirkland St., has a small but devoted following...

Author: By Nicholas A. Stoller, | Title: In Buying Alcohol, Harvard Is Frugal | 10/1/1994 | See Source »

Hottest Sibling Rivalry: Italy's Huber brothers. Wilfried and Norbert won gold and silver, respectively, in the doubles luge, while Gunther won a bronze in the two-man bobsled. Arnold was fourth in the singles luge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lillehammer Babylon an Opinionated Winter Olympics Roundup | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

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