Word: nordicism
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Difficult conditions led to a tough weekend for the Harvard skiing team, as the nordic and alpine squads continued their trend of tenth-place finishes at the University of Vermont Carnival in Stowe, Vermont. Despite the new race trail at Spruce Peak, the Stowe course maintained its reputation as one of the most challenging races of the collegiate season. The snow proved to be very dry and grippy, leading to deep ruts at the base of each gate on the course for the alpine events. Also, a white-out of intense snow and booming thunder welcomed the Crimson contingent when...
...Harvard skiing team headed north in search of fresh powder this weekend, racing to a 10th place finish at the University of New Hampshire Winter Carnival in Jackson, N.H.. Both the Nordic and Alpine teams had their share of struggles and success in the teams’ second event of the season. Powerhouse Dartmouth maintained its dominance, finishing 67 points ahead of runner-up New Hampshire. “A couple of us weren’t happy [with our results], but at the same time, we were definitely glad to get some good skiing...
...women’s Alpine team, coming in 35th in the GS with a combined time of 2:47.05. Meanwhile, junior captain Tess Wood was the top Harvard skier in the slalom event. Her time of 2:25.98 was good for 41st overall. On the Nordic side, sophomore Cara Sprague posted a 48th-place finish in the women’s 5K classic, clocking in at 17:38.2. Classmate Alyssa Devlin was the first Crimson skier across the finish line in the grueling 15K freestyle race, getting faster with each split and finishing in 51:59.4, good enough for 47th...
...that he gets cute, but that the world we see in his paintings seems like a place we might long to inhabit sometimes but don't actually live in. And the people he shows us - with their Yankee rectitude, the weathered parchment of their faces and their Nordic inwardness - seem to inhabit some prelapsarian America, the one that existed before automobiles and television. Wyeth's popularity coincided with the disappearance of an older U.S., a nation of regions, localities and rural fastnesses that was overwhelmed and homogenized after World War II by the mass market and mass media. Which...
...Nordic Supremacy: The top four countries in terms of gender equality are Norway, Finland, Sweden and Iceland - which also nabbed the top spots in the 2007 edition of this report. Norway is on top, in part, thanks to a law that requires the boards of public limited companies be made up of at least 40% women...