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...magic would seem to lie in the way the trap lures mice to their doom without a particle of cheese or any other bait. The trap is just a little shorter than a shoe box and is made of galvanized sheet metal. The potential victim sees what appears to be a narrow tunnel open at both ends. Curiosity stirs. He enters. In the center of the box he hits a trip concealed in the floor of the tunnel. Whoosh, clatter, and a paddle sweeps the mouse into captivity. The Knesses have made a number of small changes in the original...
Three days later, Stenmark skied the shorter slalom course with such artistry that he won his second gold medal, plucking it away from Phil Mahre, 22, probably the finest male skier the U.S. has ever produced. After his ankle injury on the same Whiteface course a year ago, Mahre began skiing toward a surprising comeback. In his first race in Europe this winter, he did well enough to earn World Cup points. Said Team Director Bill Marolt: "Who could have believed he could do it in his first race? God, what an athlete...
...days later, Moser-Pröll took a spill on the steep upper portion of the shorter women's slalom in the first run and was eliminated. Hanni stayed upright and swept to her second gold by a commanding margin of nearly 1.5 sec. With two golds and a silver in the three alpine events, she matched the smashing performance of West Germany's Rosi Mittermaier in the 1976 Winter Games at Innsbruck...
People are leaning more and more to high-mileage cars. Drivers of all types of autos have begun catching on to the knack of cutting off the engine during long waits. Quite a few Americans have taken to walking or biking on shorter trips, and not just for the exercise. Householders have conspicuously started applying common sense as well as insulation to cut down on heat waste. Why not, it might be asked, with heating oil prices almost coercive...
...interest, but not heavy like the Germans. They enjoy art and then go off and have a great meal. GOLD: We spent the entire winter of 1974 in Paris doing interviews. No one refused us, but some people wanted to talk about Chanel instead. We returned three times for shorter periods...