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Word: schussed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...present sextet is poisoned by the same disease. High-speed schuss artists prove nothing but diletantes in cross-country, slalom, and jumping competition, cancelling their occasional heights of prowess with quick demises in less practised events. The sun has yet to rise on a Crimson sextet which can boast more than two hustling hickories in each event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 1/27/1948 | See Source »

There are no perilous inclines to navigate, no trees or cleverly hidden boulders to dodge, and no budding slat experts to schuss by you asserting their proficiency in a spray of icy powder; just a refreshing surface of water through which to plunge and a dozen scantilly-clad maidens to console you in your athletic short-comings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Too Cold? Ankles Broken? Try Water Skiing Next Time | 1/22/1948 | See Source »

...diminutive size compared to other major trail-entwined slopes in Pico Peak in Rutland, Vermont. There are an alpine lift and a rope tow hauling for two open slopes and one trail. The open slopes, though short, are sleep and difficult, and provide good proving grounds for slalom and schuss techniques...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Long Summer of Labor Makes East Large Winter Sports Drawing Card | 12/18/1947 | See Source »

...Wildcat trail on Wildcat Mountain, across the road from Washington, is the forte of all schuss addicts. None of the trails in the Pinkham Notch area have tows for fear that commercializing and overcrowding will spoil them for more sincere experts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Long Summer of Labor Makes East Large Winter Sports Drawing Card | 12/18/1947 | See Source »

Novices rode a ski tow to take their first headers on a broad, snow-padded slope within easy stretcher-bearing distance of the hotel. But Kanonen (experts), led by Skimaster Allais, climbed by ski to the Christ of the Andes for a Schuss of six glorious miles tc Portillo. Or they took a thundering trail three precipitous miles to Juncal where railway handcars pumped them back to Portillo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Schuss in the Andes | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

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