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Word: ski (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...avalanches have sent more than a normal winter chill through resort operators. The potential threat to France's booming ski industry was deemed serious enough to open a government inquiry. It will determine, among other things, whether France should upgrade its modest detection system, now run by the weather service, and whether too many resorts are built along the natural paths of snowslides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe: Nature's Deadly Whim | 3/9/1970 | See Source »

Carter and Boyle will ski in the giant slalom today. While Boyle presents little threat to the top slalom men, Carter should battle far one of the top five spots in his event and in the regular slalom Friday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Skiers Will Clash With Stars at NCAA Meet | 3/4/1970 | See Source »

Boyle, second in the ski mister at the Easterns, will compete in ???? events, but cannot be expected to stand out in any event. His force is ????, not excellence in an individual event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Skiers Will Clash With Stars at NCAA Meet | 3/4/1970 | See Source »

...film makers stay eight miles from location in the mining town of Roros, in a hotel that has a sort of elementary ski-lodge comfort. But Roros (pop. 3,200) offers lamentably few distractions-and even they are not particularly accessible. "If her father answers," a young actor explains to the hotel operator, "he doesn't speak any English, so would you please ask him if she's in?" The cast passes the time devising new ways of getting six or eight layers of clothing beneath the tattered costumes for the next day's shooting. The Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Simulating Siberia | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

...overtaking the Crimson ski team in the jumping competition last weekend, the Larries pushed Harvard into sixth place and prevented it from participating in the NCAA's as a team. Only the top five EISA finishers earned team berths in the nationals to be held next weekend at Franconia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slopemen to Try To Avenge Loss At Last Carnival | 2/27/1970 | See Source »

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