Word: skating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unfamiliar faces have invaded Eliot House this weekend, and they're all carrying ice skates--not to skate in the courtyard, but to help raise money for young cancer patients...
...addition to the three shows, plans for this weekend include a formal banquet, a sightseeing trip into Boston and several parties including a Saturday night bash for everyone who volunteered to skate or work on the show...
...Skating on the international circuit has even created possibilities for a little East-West diplomacy. When Wylie competed in another world competition in Canada, he had a chance to skate against some of the top Russian and East German figure skaters. "We sat down once, and had a couple [of shots] after a competition," he says, "but [the Russian skaters] just didn't stop with one or two. They just kept going. It was amazing...
...line. Brake abruptly, spin the bike over the jammed front wheel and stand semiupright on "fork stander" pegs that you have attached to either side of the front tire. When the maneuver is completed, pedal off nonchalantly. Congratulations. You have just freestyled. You are a "bike breaker." Go join skate boarders and break dancers in the Street-Life Hall of Fame...
Cruz's case was one of bonafide culture shock. He was closed out of a social life he had no experience in. "I did not know how to skate or swim, nor had I been to a movie theater or beach...