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...Tenley Albright, world's champion figure skater and one of the U.S.'s few sure bets for a first place, tripped over a hole in the ice and gashed her leg. But the pretty blonde premedical student, who took up skating to offset the effects of childhood polio, insisted she would be ready for competition. Her physician father, who flew in from the U.S., agreed. Said Tenley: "I'll skate even if the leg is broken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ill-Omened Olympics | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

...figure skating champion struck a hole in the ice and hit her right leg above the ankle with the point of a skate. Her doctor predicted that she would be able to resume practice in four or five days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tenley Albright Injures Leg | 1/20/1956 | See Source »

...Write a thousand words a day for the next five years ... A man learns to skate by staggering about and making a fool of himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Shavian Shavings | 1/2/1956 | See Source »

...demands on all TV thrushes are not quite so strenuous. Arthur Godfrey's hired hands have had to learn to ice-skate and swim, but, mostly, his singers need only look at the floor with humility while Arthur tells viewers what good kids they are. On the George Gobel Show, Peggy King's main nonsinging chore is to rub noses with Funnyman Gobel before he wanders offscreen. Denise Lor's task is more elusive: Garry Moore hired her because he thought she was "somebody the Middle West would like." The Midwest likes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Versatile Thrushes | 3/28/1955 | See Source »

...Wolverines netted their fourth goal before Cleary could race down through the entire defense to break the NCAA scoring record at 15:15 with his strangest tally of the season. Howes actually stopped the Crimson netter's solo shot, but defenseman Bob Pitts kicked in the rebound with his skate and Cleary was credited with the score...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Michigan Beats Sextet In NCAA Opener, 7-3 | 3/11/1955 | See Source »

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