Word: nordicism
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SKIJORING was a Nordic Olympic sport performed once at the 1928 St. Moritz Games, with a person on skis pulled by a horse and rider...
...greet by name the street-cleaner, the woman at the corner grocery store and any number of vaguely familiar people in limousines. "I've been in New York for five whole years, going on a century," he explains. New York evidently also knows him: with silver eyelashes and gorgeous Nordic hair, Robert is New York's "Prettiest Boy of the Decade." His notoriety proves valuable to his friends, providing them with invitations to the city's best parties, concerts, and cultural events. Though he is an infinitely talented composer--a protege of Aaron Copland--parties constitute his primary activity...
...German. We will be in Germany within a year-and-a-half. And we'll be in Holland. And we'll be in Austria. And we'll be in the Nordic countries, you know, Denmark and Sweden--stuff like that. They like theater. Other countries...
...Junior Nordic skier Matt Bellizzi, Harvard's lone representative at the NCAA Skiing Championships--held March 8-11 at Jackson, New Hampshire--placed 27th in the 10K Freestyle event and 34th in the 20K Classic race. The performances earned the Crimson 33 team points and a 17th-place finish overall...
...includes some Longfellow-related pieces, including portraits of the poet by other artists, and some eerily fascinating Hiawatha kitsch. One of the stranger pieces is a ceramic plate depicting Hiawatha carrying off his new bride, Minnehaha, who, in a bit of artistic license-taking, has been made into a Nordic goddess. However, unless you have a real interest in the poet, most of the exhibits aren't very compelling. Some of the broader historical points the show makes are relevant but not very interesting...