Word: ski
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That kind of privacy is nothing new for long-distance (the shortest run is 5 km., or 3.1 miles) ski racers in the U.S. For years they have been skiing in the shadow of downhill racers at home and always losing to Norwegians, Finns or Russians in international competition. Indeed, no American has ever finished better than 15th in Olympic races. All that may soon change. In rising numbers and with new seriousness, U.S. cross-country racers are preparing an assault on the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria...
...Radcliffe ski team edged out University of Massachusetts for first place honors Saturday in a slalom race at Mt. Tom in the Massachusetts Berkshires...
...Radcliffe team's league, the Womens' Intercollegiate Ski Conference most of the schools rely on two or three fast racers, and do not have the backup needed in case on falls. Coach Barbie Grant said yesterday. "We would have won both days if we totalled all the A-team racers of every school. We were the strongest team there...
...Radcliffe ski team raced to a solid second place finish in its first meet of the season at Tenney Mountain last weekend, despite stiff competition from the other six schools of the Women's Intercollegiate Ski Conference...
Many people do, in fact. At upper Michigan's Indian Head Mountain ski resort, where business is expected to be up 5% over its best previous year, General Manager Paul Karow ruminates: "We sit around and try to figure this out. Either our skiers refuse to believe the economy, or they have a doomsday syndrome: they think that they'll be in the breadlines next year." Meanwhile, on snowy slopes and silver beaches, middle-class Americans are engaging in the pursuit of happiness more passionately than ever...