Word: skis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rich kid. He has parents who can send him to St. Paul's to prep, to Harvard, to Austria every Christmas to ski in the Alps. He is witty, he is bright, he is good looking, he is strong. But he has a problem: he loves Flo and she will not reciprocate...
Drastically reduced Atlantic air fares are doubtless drawing business away from the warm-weather resorts. From October to February, Trans World Airlines passenger traffic to Europe was up 21% compared with the same period in 1968-69. European ski resorts have been among the richest beneficiaries of the fares. The flight to European slopes also hurts such U.S. ski centers as Colorado's Aspen, Snowmass, and Buttermilk, which collectively suffered a 6% slide in January business...
...cancel because of the brandishing of brand names, the FIS ruled that skiers could obtain payments for endorsements-so long as the money was approved by and dispensed through their national associations. Said FIS President Marc Hodler: "Our decision is evolutionary, not revolutionary. We have accepted the fact that ski racers are now full-time sportsmen who simply have no time left over for earning extra money...
Many people, including Beattie, believe that the sport's future, as with tennis and golf, lies in "open competition" between avowed professionals and true amateurs. The difficulty is the Olympics, in which skiing is the heart of the winter games. "There is no such thing as amateur ski competitions any more," says Beattie. "It's foolish to think that the sport will be allowed to stay in the Olympics the way it is now." In May, the liberal-minded FIS will meet with conservative old Avery Brundage...
...away "for the carnival," returning miraculously refurbished to the astonished delight of their husbands and friends. The undisputed king of Rio's colony of cutaneous cutters is Ivo Pitanguy (pronounced pee-tahn-ghee), a theatrically handsome 44-year-old doctor who jets from his clinic in Rio to ski slopes in Europe, hotly pursued by glamorous, albeit sagging socialites. Admitting to "the largest experience in breasts in the world," Pitanguy has a small clientele on the Continent but does his major overhauls...