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...sound track from the movie The Ghost and the Darkness, he seemed sapped and uninspired. The sport's most explosive jumper, he failed to awe the audience as he so often does. Although a master of the four-revolution jump (he was the first skater to land a quad-triple combination in competition), he couldn't muster the fortitude to show one off in Nagano. Moreover, he was sloppy in landing a triple loop, normally an easy move for him. Stojko had hoped to break the "Canada curse" and win for his country its first gold medal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figure Skating: Look Who's Standing | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

...quad could be more important than ever in Salt Lake. The International Skating Union's technical committee has proposed that the rules be changed to allow the quad as an option for the solo jump in the short program. The vote will take place in June. That means that male skaters who want to win competitions and duke it out at the top levels will not be able to avoid the quad. A bad shirt, maybe; but powerhouse acrobatics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figure Skating: Look Who's Standing | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

...with eight squash courts integrated into the basement of Dunster House, Harvard's first house (established circa 1930). Many other courts are scattered through the houses, at Linden Street and in the Hemenway Gymnasium. Prior to the Soldier's Field complex, the newest and nicest courts were in the Quad...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: A Game for the Leisure Class | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

Every Thursday evening around 10 p.m., the participants of Mr. J's Midnight Croquet gather in the MAC Quad. While the windows of Kirkland, Lowell and Winthrop flicker from the televisions within, the croquet players set up their wickets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: wicket awesome | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

...back and then take them out when she opens the door, she recognizes this as the international sign for "Hey, I remembered flowers, but I'm still a dork." If you arrive 10 minutes late and out of breath, this is the International Sign for "I live in the Quad, and you live in the River. On a Saturday night I might as well try to teleport as find a shuttle." If you arrive and she says, "I just have to finish some e-mail before we go," this is the verbal International Sign...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: The Universal Language | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

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