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...widest ski available is the Touring ski. The greater width provides stability and is an advantage in deep powder where the extra surface area keeps you from sinking into the drifts. Those who intend to carry large backpacks should probably opt for these wide touring skis...

Author: By Grover G. Norquist, | Title: Why Ski Cross-Country? | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

...glad to see that the American people will still opt for the challenge in the hope of a change for the better, as they did 200 years ago when our nation was founded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Nov. 29, 1976 | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

...tension of the moment, the Big Green's thrusts were obscured by fan speculation on what the team would do after it scored the touchdown. A one point conversion would tie it, though most believed that Jake Crouthamel would opt for the daring and send his team in for a two-pointer and the kill...

Author: By Thomas Aronson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Harvard Stifles Dartmouth Rally, 17-10 | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

...hurled-at the immigrant. Young Democrat is generally somber-suited, dark-tied, prim and proper. His opponent's jaunty tarn o'shanter has become a symbol for the unconventionality he savors in both dress and speech. It could happen only in California, and whether the voters will opt for slight quirkiness or substantial blandness in the final scene may not be known until late at night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Hayakawa v. Tunney | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

...where and when. But beside the assumption of a career lurks the ominous shadow of a husband, the how of the future, for the now so dog-eared question has yet to be answered satisfactorily: how to combine a full career with a family, removing the need to opt for one or the other...

Author: By Nicole Seligman, | Title: In Search of One's Own Middle Ground | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

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