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Word: rink (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lean, graceful East German on the practice rink was muffled against the cold; a pink cap was pulled down to her eyebrows and a white turtleneck sweater pulled up over her nose. An American skater had no problem identifying the woman to a visitor: "There she is -- the one with the lovely long legs." The "she" is Karin Kania, perhaps the finest and most admired woman speed skater of this or any other Olympic year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Preview: The Foreign Favorites | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...fact, Thomas had a very strong role model in Janice, her mother. Most of the skaters have strong mothers, and most of the mothers have mink coats. "But my mother's not a rink mom," says Debi. "She works." She's a programmer-analyst in California's Silicon Valley, divorced from Debi's father since 1974. "A coach once advised Mom to rent a fur coat just for the nationals, but I did all right that year without the fur coat." Janice Thomas laughs and says, "They tell you it's to attract sponsorship money, as well as to look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skater Debi Thomas: The Word She Uses Is Invincible | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...rink, Harvard is able to play the game it likes most--a skating game. Skating, for Harvard, does not mean simply going up and down the ice, but putting jet propellers on its skates and soaring. Making passes as crisp as fresh potato chips. Making moves as debonaire as Cassanova...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Mr. Ungracious Returns to Bright | 2/13/1988 | See Source »

...today's game at Rochester cannot be held, it will be held Monday. The Cornell game is still scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Lynah Rink...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Squash Players Set For Denver Tourney | 2/12/1988 | See Source »

Posting Up: The post was clanging Saturday night at Princeton's Baker Rink during the second period of the Harvard-Princeton game...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Icemen Looking For Home Ice Edge | 2/10/1988 | See Source »

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