Word: ski
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...starter tapped her on the back, she was off, pushing furiously with her ski poles to gain the speed she would have to check, moments later, with a swivel-hip turn. She swept down the dizzying de scent with the verve and hell-for-leather dash of a man. Crouching, straightening, swinging her slim hips in an almost antic mimicry of a rumba step, she darted and danced through the multicolored flags that outlined the course...
...qualified citizens of the world of international ski racing must have two prerequisites: skill - and courage. It takes courage to use skill, or to use it to that utmost which wins races. A watch-tick moment of bad judgment, a split second of uncontrol can send a downhill racer flying off the beaten track at a fatal 60 m.p.h. clip...
...Crimson first ski cross-country relay team placed 16 out of 20 entries at last Saturday's Dartmouth Outing Club meet. John Hart placed 38 out of 34 in the individual racing with a time of 39 mins. 58 secs. But times were so close, that he finished only two and a half minutes behind tenth man. Johan Anderson was the Crimson's second finisher in the 59th spot...
...Harvard ski team spent the vacation in Putney, Vermont, foregoing a chance at the Lyndonville meet in order to get much needed practice. They worked out under the direction of Coach Graham Taylor from December 27 to the end of the vacation...
...team also attended a five day skiing school headed by John Hogan, Putney School ski director. They prepared for their next meet, Saturday; the cross-country relays at Hanover...