Word: skates
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Considering that D'Souza was born in Tanzania, not exactly a hockey hotbed, her route to the Crimson was surprisingly uncomplicated. When she was four, her family moved to Bramford, Ontario. That winter, she began to skate. She began playing in youth leagues, and eventually caught the eye of Harvard Coach John Dooley...
Under such circumstances every acquisition entails a sacrifice, and there is no margin for error or whim. The Wells children stay home from class skating trips because Sandy cannot manage the $1.50 for skate rental. "They know the value of money, my kids do," she says. "They get money, they don't spend it on candy or toys. They say, 'Mom, I want to buy shoes for school.' " But every now and then, when equanimity ruptures, the family will splurge. One time last fall, Sandy recalls, "we paid the lot rent and we had, like, $40 left. It was supposed...
...adapted for summer hockey training in the U.S. by Scott and Brennan Olson, both former high school players from Minneapolis. Their company, which started in a garage in 1980 and ultimately became Rollerblade Inc., initially sold in- line rollers to hockey players who attached them to their ice skates in the off-season. In 1987 Rollerblade decided to market the skates as a fitness product for exercise buffs. Rollerblades were slimmed down and painted a fashionable neon. The company also launched a secret marketing strategy. Realizing that trends start and spread quickly in California, the Midwestern company gave away hundreds...
...weekend nights, when teenagers crowd the sidewalks, the left and the right, the hippies and the preppies and the punks, negotiate a peaceful coexistence. Often the snub-nosed Groton girls stand alongside the skate rats from Somerville High, all of them listening to the soulful entreaty of a street musician...
Hartje will become the first North American--Canadian or U.S. citizen--ever to play hockey professionally in the Soviet Union. The Anoka, Minn. native will skate for Sokol-Kiev in the Soviet Elite League for the Ukrainian team's 1990-91 season...