Word: skiers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chafes under the burden of his infirmities. His image has always been of the robust mountain climber, swimmer, skier, soccer goalkeeper. Once in the high Dolomites, the Pope, determined to reach a cross planted on a peak far ahead, walked so far that his aides became worn out and could go no farther. He agreed that all his staff could rest and wait for him, but he insisted that the fit and trim Joaquin Navarro continue with him. It took another three hours to reach the cross. The Pope was dressed in hiking togs -- one of those rare moments when...
...that Tracy's competitive nature is limited to goaltending. Aside from an being an devoted water skier and a fairly avid golfer (that he carries a 13 handicap and yet says "I stink at the game" indicates his toleration for failure), he attempts to tackle Harvard academics the same way he would a Jay Pandolfo slapshot--at full speed...
...Centers for Disease Control has traced 247 cases of measles in 10 states to a single skier who visited a Colorado resort last spring. Most of the victims of this sometimes fatal disease were unvaccinated high school and college students...
Sports life is so much more complicated -- and dramatic -- than life in sports movies. As Allen Barra, a sportswriter for the Village Voice, says, , "We know that sometimes the skier breaks her neck. Sometimes the hero is crushed. And sometimes you achieve some minor victory that only means something to yourself. That is something a lot of people who know they will never be stars or professionals can relate to -- the victory you yourself have won, the satisfaction you can get out of it." There is surely such satisfaction felt by the Jamaican bobsledders at the end of Cool Runnings...
Hayek, who is personally worth more than $1 billion, is passionate about his playtime too. He is a fervent tennis player and skier, owns two vacation homes in southern France, collects art (a Dali melted-watch sculpture graces his office), adores classical music, Cuban cigars and good food. "I'm a sensual kind of guy. I drink life fully," he says...