Word: ski
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week, after heart-warming welcomes up the Pacific Coast from Pasadena to Seattle, the little maestro took to the outdoors. At Sun Valley, he lolled on the grass, watched his grandson, Yale Sophomore Walfredo Toscanini, play tennis, then sat himself in a ski-lift chair for a trip part way up 9,200-ft. Baldy Mountain. Was he scared? Not a bit, scoffed Toscanini. He had been a mountain climber in his youth-which was a good 60 years ago. Up & down the lift, he gaily applauded members of his orchestra as they passed, crying "Bellissimo," with the enthusiasm...
...prerogatives for the average man. Pendleton, Ore. had a country club whose dues were only $6 a month for a family, and its membership included a bakery driver, a farm-implement clerk and two gas-station grease monkeys. This was still unusual, but almost anyone in the Northwest could ski or fish for salmon practically at his front door, build a lawn and admire magnificent mountains as he did so, raise his children decently, and with luck own a boat or a shack in the woods. In moments of contemplation he could fervently pity the unfortunate people "back east...
Racing its final meet of the season, a squad of Crimson skiers upset Dartmouth in their annual slalom Saturday at Pinkham's Notch. Harvard's ski team, consisting of College team members, ski club members, and graduates, racked up a total team time of 626.9 seconds against 710.7 seconds for a similar Green team...
...Crimson and Dartmouth ski squads will each consist of 10 college team members, 10 ski club members, and 10 graduate skiers. Harvard's graduate skiers will be led by Alec Bright and Al Sice, and Coach Graham Taylor and Bob Hall are the ski club standouts. Dartmouth won the Intercollegiate Ski Championship at Denver two weeks...
...outstanding achievement of the meet was the establishment of a provisional National Intercollegiate Ski Association, first of its kind, in a meeting of representatives from the competing colleges. This independent organization will standardize the competitive rules and sponsor the annual championships...