Word: skates
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would refuse the increase?" The dapper Chapin replied, "We are not going to discuss my cost of living." Another shareholder, Jerry Fylonenko, said that car buyers he had talked to variously described A.M.C.'s squat, glassy Pacer as "a fish bowl, a candy machine or a pregnant roller skate." Overall, though, the mood of the meeting was less one of anger than of sad resignation. Said Shareholder Bert Sampson: "The stock is so far down now [4⅛ at last week's close] that there is no point selling it. We might as well stick around...
Politicizing sport, a dangerous business, is never more seductive than when one wanders in Montreal. In suburban Verdun, swarms of children trying to win a midget hockey tournament skate under a flag showing white fleur-de-lis on a field of blue. The flag symbolizes Quebec and French Canadian nationalism. In the Forum, one finds Les Canadiens de Montreal defending their National Hockey League championship in a setting that proclaims élan. Forum announcements on goals are bilingual. Always the French-"Montréal but par Yvan Cournoyer "-comes first. Watching Canadiens named Guy Lafleur and Jacques Lemaire outskate visiting...
...about Quebec independence. "I would say on the team nobody really supports it." Scotty Bowman-William Scott Bowman-the coach, is bilingual. In French and English, he is preoccupied with theories of hockey. "We're winning 80% of our games," he says. "It's almost frightening. We skate well, but I think we begin with defense. A fine goalie, good defense." The elections? "We won that night. We beat St. Louis." Bowman is simply not a political...
...victory was a must win for Harvard after Tuesday's dismal performance against Boston College, a loss which left them in ninth place in the ECAC standings. But win they did, as Cleary's boys did everything they didn't do Tuesday including skate for the full 60 minutes...
...Boston professional sports scene will be filled with action because both the Bruins and Celtics had their exams before Christmas (their reading period was shorter than Harvard's). Tonight, the Bruins are playing the Los Angeles Kings. Saturday afternoon, they will face Montreal Canadiens, and next Thursday they'll skate against the New York Islanders...