Word: savoyard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great skier Jean-Claude Killy had earlier helped Albertville, France, secure the rights to the '88 Winter Games, and remembers how quickly things were evolving. "We didn't offer trips and lodging. We gave them little gifts, souvenirs like Savoyard knives and pens," he says. "Then the stakes became much more considerable...
...team and reporting on hockey and speed skating was deputy chief of correspondents Paul A. Witteman, who trained at Seoul and Calgary. Like most seasoned reporters, he was also adept at searching out the best rations. "The one constant at all Olympics seems to be pizza," he says. "The Savoyard version, perhaps because we are so close to Italy, is a clear winner...