Word: skis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nightmare for supply officers. Gasoline, for transport and collapsible Yukon stoves, had first priority, far ahead of ammunition. Next came rations: each infantryman must tuck in a formidable 5,000 calories of food a day to replace heat lost by his body. Water was another life-or-death commodity. Ski troopers in the desertlike dry cold require between three and five quarts of water daily. While equipment designers have achieved some success in producing insulated canteens and tanks to transport water into the field, the delay caused by a flat tire can turn an entire battalion's supply into...
Harvard's ski team staged a stunning performance in the final two events--the sladom and the 45-meter ski jump--to finish third behind perennial Eastern powers Dartmouth and Middlebury in the 33rd Williams College Carnival this past weekend...
With Dartmouth sweeping three of the top four places in the ski-jumping competition to surpass Middlebury in the overall team standing, Harvard's best jumping effort of the season--the Crimson finished second behind the Big Green--got lost in the flurry...
...know enough to recognize a deterrent." Even if they do, today's bank robbers are far more sophisticated than Bonnie and Clyde. Although retired Boston Bank Robber Teddy Green cheerfully calls cameras "the best weapons the banks have," bankers complain that robbers are too often disguised with ski masks, wigs, dark glasses or turned-up turtleneck sweaters. Officers are also loath to adopt extreme precautions. One that has done so is Washington's aptly named Security Bank. After three robberies at one branch in 55 days last summer, Security decided to lock the front door permanently. Customers enter...
Defending National Champion Denver edged host Dartmouth for top honors by sweeping four of the first five places in the ski jump, the last event. Entering the jumping competition, Dartmouth held a 4.8 point lead over the Westerners. Middlebury trailed in third place in the team totals in a field of eight...