Word: placidness
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...scene of the games which were held at Chamonix in 1924, at St. Moritz in 1928 and Lake Placid in 1932, Garmisch-Partenkirchen was selected two years ago because it was supposed to be the finest winter sports resort in Germany. Since then, Germany's Olympic Committee has spent 3,000,000 marks ($1,200,000) building headquarters for officials, a mile bobsled run, an artificial ice rink, a huge ski stadium, a ski jump so tall it makes the town's old one look like a mink-slide. All these preparations were keyed to the widespread German...
...Donna Fox, a Bronx undertaker who, after sustaining a bruised ear when his sled tipped over on a curve, ungraciously blamed the accident on the poor construction of the run. Fastest practice runs of the week were made by Hubert Stevens, who won the two-man event at Lake Placid in 1932, and Reto Capadrutt of Switzerland, both of whom averaged...
...afternoon the jumping will be held on Sheep Hill in the town. This jump, as big as any college jump, is rated as a 40-meter one. Brooks and Emerson are the two outstanding jumpers, who teamed with Loomis at Lake Placid during the vacation to get fifth place for the team out of a field...
Slalom and cross country races will be held on Monday. The four who went to Placid, Brooks, Emerson, Locke, and Loomis, have probably had more chance to warm up competitively this season, but both Carter and Shaw aired their turns in the University race, placing in the first five so that prospects for a good showing are hopeful...
...nevertheless, rates a chapter by itself. "Everywhere under the seemingly placid surface of business," observes Mrs. MacGibbon, "there is the undercurrent of sex, upsetting, repelling, attracting individuals whose lives would never have crossed but for the accident of close-range employment. But the day's work must be done, and the money earned to pay dividends as well as to keep beauty on the payrolls...