Word: skying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...places like Des Moines, Madison and Manchester. Then he will be off to Anchorage, Peking (China, that is), Manila, Jakarta and Honolulu. That will take the President up to mid-December; and after a short desk stop in the Oval Office, he will emplane for the ski slopes of Vail, probably with a rally or two on the way. And after the holidays, presidential primary campaigns begin in earnest, and so it will be Pocatello, Binghamton and you name...
...strap ($45), Fendi's burgundy suede pouch on matching belt ($85) and a basket for the neck, from Japan or China, that sells for only $1.50 at San Francisco's Obiko Boutique. A detachable black leather pouch, originally designed by Manhattan's Ruza for the U.S. ski team (both sexes), hangs from either a canvas belt or a shoulder strap. Other designs include squares of velvet, printed velveteen canteens, hand-painted leather boxes and oblongs of beads...
...Monday, church matters and foreign policy on Tuesday, labor and industry on Wednesday, cultural affairs on Thursday, and military and scientific topics on Friday. Lately, his mornings have often been devoted to presiding at official functions, his afternoons to sports. The Prince hunts partridge, golfs, swims and water-skis ("I prefer one ski to two"). He holds a black belt in karate, a distinction he shares with his brother-in-law, former King Constantine of Greece. Juan Carlos was a member of the Dragon-class crew that sailed for Spain in the 1972 Olympics...
...King could leave as much as one-third of the 1985-86 Southern California skier demand unaccomodated. (Subsequent public comment showed that this statistic had been computed incorrectly). It is at best questionable whether a country trying to cut energy consumption should feel obliged to meet a demand for skiing with a resort that draws 22 million kilowatts per year, or about 40,000 barrels of oil. The resort would encourage heavy gasoline consumption since it would give Los Angeles residents easier access to skiing. Nowhere in the EIS does the Forest Service justify its assumption that the U.S. government...
...Mineral King resort would also sacrifice scarce wilderness for the benefit of the affluent. According to the Sierra Club a week for two in Mineral King would cost about $600, while the same trip to a major ski resort in Utah, including air fare from Los Angeles, would cost $580. Even the Forest Service's EIS admits that travel prices, "not counting food and lodging, are prohibitive to use of the proposed development by low income people and create to some extent, economic barriers even to moderate income families...