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Ford, who campaigned in the south of New Hampshire, wanted to ski in the north. But only by helicopter could he have cut travel time enough to get in a run or two. At $830 per hour, which would have had to go on the electioneering tab, the desire was squelched. Phone records can get Presidents into trouble. When Richard Cheney, Ford's chief of staff, was on Face the Nation the other Sunday, some California enthusiast sent an election contribution to the White House. Cheney adhered religiously to the new guide book. The money was not delivered...
...East Germans also did well. On Saturday, they won six out of nine possible medals in three different events, including first places in the men's and women's single luge and the 70-meter ski jump...
Just before the last practice runs for the men's downhill skiing event, for instance, ABC's skiing expert, a Canadian participant in the 1964 Games, traced through a map of the course with a pointer. "Here's where Jean-Claude Killy went off the edge in a practice run in 1964; and right there so-and-so got killed in a 1966 World Cup event; and that's called the Soldier Section because they found a dead soldier there in 1945." As if that wasn't enough, when an Italian named Stricker crashed on the course, ABC reran...
...Radcliffe ski team, missing two top skiers, managed a disappointing fourth place in a meet last weekend at Berkshire East, Mass...
Radcliffe's poor performance will most likely be ignored in the final standings of the Women's Intercollegiate Ski Conference, because each team is allowed to drop its two worst scores. The WISC also includes B.U., UConn, and UMass...