Word: skis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although badly hampered by virtually no snow and hardly any practice, the varsity ski team will enter five men in a cross country race sponsored by the Jackson, N.H. Ski Club at Jackson this Sunday...
...fact that he couldn't ski did not bother Vag too much, because although it snowed everyday, most of the people said the conditions were not right. Instead they sat around in the hotel and played rhumba, samba, canasta, and bridge and drank considerable. Before long any beginner could talk skiing with the best by slipping in an occasional "christy" or "slalom...
...Olympic ski jump, Vag watched the American team practice. There was something devil-may-care about these skiers. Whenever one landed in a heap of snow at the bottom of the jump, he would shake it off and bravely limp to a group of enthralled girls. Later in the evening everyone within hearing distance of the Olympians knew about the terrific headwinds that had cut fifty or so feet off each one's final jump. Vag felt foolish after he said he had not felt a breath...
...Five Day Ski Plan...
...inns of the Cranmore area, for example, have devised a plan by which the weekday visitor can spend five days skiing, with every important expenses paid, for only $20 or $40. Included in this package plan are two meals a day, a room, transportation to and from the ski area, and admission to the Skimboile...