Word: skier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sport as an illustration of friendship and fraternity, with the Olympic flag as the symbol." When Mika Spiljak, whose official title is "President of the Presidency," declared the Games open, doves raced balloons to the mountaintops. In one translation of the Olympic oath, vowed to for all by Yugoslav Skier Bojan Krizaj, the phrase "in the spirit of true sportsmanship" came out "in the spirit of true sponsorship," but the moment could not be spoiled...
...people were set free in staggered waves, and they walked home. There have been further shows of security force: cars and cabs stopped, credentials and satchels checked, reporters occasionally patted down politely. None of it has seemed meanspirited. Police are oddly reasonable, and after a time, scarcely noticeable. Skier Marie-Luce Waldmeier had a good word for them: "Discreet...
...ardent labor that made her final collapse seem an inevitable part of the effort. Hockey Commentator Al Michaels could probably inject excitement into a pinochle game, although he shared in ABC's unrealistic buildup of the young, inexperienced U.S. team. As a taped image showed U.S. Downhill Skier Bill Johnson during a pell-mell training run, he explained each turn of the course and keyed viewers to the danger spots. ABC made sparing and mostly sensible use of its 74 cameras and state-of-the-art electronic whizbangery. Perhaps the best of its effusive yet informative pretaped features followed...
Albert Lager '84, ranked in the top 20 in Canada, was the team's top cross-country skier last year, but left the ski team this year to devote himself to crew. "I liked going away every weekend, and I miss the skiing," he says...
...Flaine Zayak from Paramus, New Jersey? Who is America's most proficient cross-country skier? Tell me about bobsledding or the East German threat. What's lugging...