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...Jumbos provided the Crimson with a tougher match last year, when the Crimson won 8-1. Tufts had been ranked fifth in the nation, mainly because of its number one player Ski Khan of the Khan squash dynasty. Khan decided to take this year off, leaving a substantially weaker squad...
...Harvard ski team defeated Yale 99-36, Saturday in cross country relays. Last week Harvard qualified five skiers for the Division I ski championship to be held this weekend...
Inside the hotel he got to a phone and gave the police a description. Two boys in ski jackets. Heading south. The time. The place. After he explained they had taken nothing identifiable, the distant precinct lost interest. Even if the two were picked up, there was nothing they could be held for. Besides, he was lucky to be unhurt, to have lost only $17. All this the bored voice subliminally conveyed...
...When the ski boom hit in the late 1960s, Aspen quickly emerged as its glamorous headquarters. Tourists flocked to the old Colorado silver-mining town turned winter resort, lured by the 11,300-ft. Aspen Mountain, the classy lodges and chic crowds. Its glittery, fast-lane image later included pricy real estate and such open cocaine use that it acquired the nickname "Toot City." Artists, ski bums and a coterie of rich and famous, including Actor Jack Nicholson and Troubadour John Denver, settled in what Denver dubbed "the sweet Rocky Mountain paradise." Now, as the ski craze cools and recession...
...election on whether to impose a local business tax. The revenues, which could generate up o $1.5 million a year, would go into a fund to set up services to attract tourists. Examples: a computerized central reservation system for the area's lodges and an association to woo ski clubs and conventions. Even if the new tax is approved, Aspen faces an uphill battle. For one thing, the baby boomers who led the rush to the slopes are older now. "The skiing hotshots of the '60s are married now with three children," says Chamber of Commerce President...