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Word: makomanai (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1972-1972
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...Japanese have built 14 ultramodern facilities, none more than an hour's drive from the city, at a cost of $31 million, the largest expenditure ever for the Winter Games. From the breathtaking downhill course carved in the side of Mount Eniwa to the giant 50,000-seat Makomanai Speed-Skating Rink, Sapporo is a wintersports wonderland. After one launching off the steeply sculpted ski jump on Mount Okura, one jumper exclaimed: "You feel as though you're going to fly right over the city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winter Wonderland | 2/7/1972 | See Source »

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