Word: ski
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...England ski conditions are reported generally good to excellent with some spring skiing. Rain or snow is expected this afternoon. New Hampshire--Cannon (Franconia) 6 to 45, good to excellent upper; Cranmore (North Conway), 20 to 33, spring skiing; Sunapee, 8 to 24, excellent; Mittersill (Franconia), 15 to 30, excellent; Wildcat, 26 to 46, good to excellent...
...your superb story, "The U.S. on Skis" [Feb. 9], you say that the first rope tow, key to the U.S.'s ski boom, was installed at Woodstock, Vt. in 1934. The first rope tow was installed there in March 1933, and was the invention of Douglas Burden, the late Thomas Gammack, and myself...
...visit to Toronto, Australian Super-miler Herb Elliott gamely tried out an unfamiliar sport, as expected ended his turn on the hickories like ski bunnies everywhere: doing an Australian crawl down under a pile of snow. Shaken but game, he scrambled woozily to his feet, diplomatically calmed the fears of his hosts with a gingerly verdict on the adventure...
Then partying takes over, as the fraternities change into noisy, smoky, crowded nightclubs. The gatherings set the pace for the weekend, which is one continuous party except for the few hours taken off Saturday to attend the ski events and hockey game. Many consider Sunday the best of the three days since everyone gives up running around and settles down to milk punch for breakfast and a "black" hour. (For the uninitiated, this means a time for telling offcolor stories). In the afternoon there is a "cage" party when the remaining couples troop upstairs to a dormitory room and finish...
Despite all the groundwork, the outlook was not bright for Squaw when the meeting opened. Huffed a German delegate to Cushing: "Don't think you are going to parlay one ski lift into an Olympic Game." Even a U.S. delegate sneered: "Who's going to vote for you? I'm not." Austria's Innsbruck was Squaw's chief competitor, and seemed a sure winner when one of the delegates charged that Squaw was totally unprepared to stage an Olympics, furthermore should be disqualified because it was not a town (it still is not). Summoned...