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...After a bust-out 2007-08, that's not so bad. Last winter, skiers and snowboarders bought a record 60.5 million lift tickets. A 6% drop would translate to some 57 million tickets sold, a figure that would beat the 55.1 million total in 2006-07, a season when the economy was still frothy but the snow was lousy. Further, in the 30 years the National Ski Areas Association has tracked such data, the industry has sold more than 57 million tickets during just six seasons, each occurring in this decade. "At the end of the day, there...
...powder has really propped up Eastern operators, who have been bopped with a series of big storms. "East of the Mississippi, we're seeing [snow] levels at or above record levels," says Berry. New York and New England resorts have several advantages during a recession. First, they're cheaper than the higher-end destinations like Aspen and Vail in Colorado. Second, they're within driving distance of huge metropolitan areas such as New York City and Boston. Mount Snow in Vermont, for example, is a four-hour trip from New York City and a two-hour trek from Boston...
...record straight, it was the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" that gave birth to the hominid's name, correct? Yes, the whole camp was listening to Beatles' tape because I was a great Beatles fan, and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was playing and this girl said, well if you think the fossil was a female, why don't you name her Lucy? Initially I was opposed to giving her a cute little name, but that name stuck. (See pictures of the Beatles' final performance together...
...expecting a lot more from them, and we didn’t have to repeat that. They really took it seriously and they really [worked hard] right from the first practice and the first lift session.”Being freshmen on a team that enjoyed a near flawless record last year did not prepare the now-sophomores for the uphill battle that Harvard has faced this season. It is a testament to their raw talent and unyielding determination that the young players have stepped up, not only assuming more responsibility in play, but excelling in doing...
...beginning of this year, Rogers had a hard time finding the net and he did not record his first goal until late January, when he scorched Dartmouth with a hat trick. Before the Big Green contest, the Crimson was 4-11-3. Since Harvard faced Dartmouth, Rogers has scored eight goals, and the Crimson...