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Word: sitzmark (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1945-1945
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Fifteen years ago America's 75 ski clubs counted a mere 3,500 members-a cult of shoptalking zealots ("I schussed the slope, tried a stem christie, made a sitzmark"). After the 1932 winter Olympics at Lake Placid came the avalanche: in 1940-41, some 2,000,000 U.S. skiers spent about $200,000,000 to twist ankles and chap cheeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Track! | 12/24/1945 | See Source »

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