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...Although it remained near the bottom of the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) standings in each of its four carnival meets this year, the Harvard Nordic and Alpine ski teams enjoyed a noticeably better season this year than it did in the winter of 2000. The finishes relative to such local powerhouses as Dartmouth, Vermont and Middlebury did not change, but the individual times and the group point standings were decidedly improved in comparison with last year...
...Crimson did not have the easy access to actual powder that its northern rivals enjoyed, so they continued log training hours at the nearby Weston Ski Track. In addition, the Crimson's annual local competition from the local powers in both alpine and nordic skiing includes some of the top skiers in the world...
...Nagano is best known for the 1998 Winter Olympics held in its capital, a postcard-pretty ski resort of 363,000. The entire prefecture bought into an Olympic pipe dream, convinced that building a luge run and hosting Lycra-clad skaters would somehow translate into a big pot of gold. A bullet-train line was built from Tokyo, hotels went up, airport runways were laid down. In all, nearly $1 billion was spent. But once the Olympic torch was extinguished, Nagano's post-Olympic boom failed to materialize. The city's downtown looks deserted and there's plenty of room...
...amazing and talented people, to be sure, and beloved friends. But close association with them can be a bit tough on the ol’ self-esteem. The only one I feel a kinship with is the friend who’s going to Colorado to be a ski bum for a few years, though I’m sure he’ll win an Olympic skiing medal at some point...
...game designers' Hall of Fame. It features Mario's brother ridding his real estate of ghosts with the aid of a flashlight and vacuum cleaner; great game play aside, it's an excuse to show off the GameCube's spectacularly realistic lighting effects. Similarly, the hugely entertaining jet-ski game Wave Race has made an art form of virtual H2O; its foam and raindrops on the camera lens will have you reaching for a towel...