Word: racer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition, a belligerent move by the Soviets between now and 1984 could make anyone who stuck his neck out for negotiations in 1982 look like a naive appeaser. It wasn't so long ago that Afghanistan did exactly that to Jimmy Carter, ushering in that tough-talking California arms-racer we all know and love...
...downhill a racer is to hear the wind rushing by so fast it screams. To be a downhill racer is to know there are only 218 centimeters of fiberglass between mortal flesh and the earth whipping past at 75mph. To be a downhill racer is to use all your strength and concentration to reach skiing's outer limits. And only one women at Harvard can tell you what it's like...
...exhilaration comes in part, from the release of cerebral tension. At the starting , you're afraid, but not really afraid," Hale says because the mind is busy scanning the course that takes the racer down a mountain in two minutes. "You're going over it, finding little places, and looking for extra speed...
...given day, Ski Racer Phil Mahre of Yakima, Wash., cannot be sure of beating his own family: his twin brother Steve is just as talented and only slightly less consistent than he. But last week Phil became the first American in history to win the sport's highest award, the World...
Next year promises to be better, at least as far as results go. Number two alpine racer Jay MacLeod broke an ankle early this season and will return to improve on his performance from freshman year. And Klaussen and two other racers will be back next year--to wake up another group of freshmen at 6 a.m. on Saturdays...