Word: skying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Just as there are people who enjoy batting their heads against a wall there are the ski-jumpers. But ski-jumping isn't as dangerous as it sounds. There are more people killed or injured each year hunting sharks with knives or playing Russian roulette, than in slat sailing. In a recent article Art Devlin claimed jumpers are hurt only once in every thousand jumps, but Lloyds of London is still loath to take any policies in the ski-jumping field...
...matter how one may fell about ski jumpers, there is one quality they have which cannot be denied; every snow-leaper has guts, even though he threatens to spread them around the countryside at any time...
...weather bureau issued the following ski reports last night...
...first time this Winter, Yale has lost a varsity athletic contest to a Crimson team. At the Williams ski carnival last Saturday, coach Halsey's hickory riders placed fourth in an eight man field, crowding out the men from New Haven by a slim four points...
...Good times and thrills" also are available in sleigh trips, bay rides, and even square dancing. Then again, you could always learn to ski...