Word: skis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Swiss Ski Association formally asked the Soviet Winter Sports Federation to keep its members away from Swiss ski competitions. The presence of Russian athletes, explained the Swiss, might well provoke "unpleasant demonstrations" among the Swiss themselves, and among the 10,000 Hungarian refugees to whom Switzerland has offered asylum...
...which all directions are north-the mathematical bottom of the earth. A featureless snow desert stretched away into a glittering white nothingness below. Then, incongruously, there was sudden evidence of man and the machine age. Tracks cut deep into the snow marked the routes of skiers, sledges, tractors and ski planes. Where they converged was a cluster of orange and tan huts and mechanized equipment...
...third year in a row the varsity ski squad, despite the handicaps of distant and doubtful practice areas, has been awarded a Class A team rating. This rating is based on the previous season's results in competition...
Although we don't have a coach yet, our team should be one of the best in years," Jay Murley, varsity manager, said at the University ski team's first meeting of the season last night...
According to Critchley-Waring, a former member of the British Army Ski Team, "Davos, the objective of the trip, has some of the finest skiing in the world." He hopes to be able to arrange three meals and a bed for members of the group...