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...worst tortures, however, are both physical and mental; I can think of no better example than the so called "sport" of skiing. Having finally recovered from my first ski trip, I have garnered enough strength to warn potential first-time skiers of the devastating risks of such a destructive activity...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Vermont is for Masochists | 2/16/1989 | See Source »

Most of them probably still thought snow is man-made and found only on Lake Tahoe ski slopes...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Whither the Cambridge Winter? | 2/4/1989 | See Source »

...Catamounts don't leave their goalie on the ski trails up north. Barakett notches a hat trick, and Harvard rolls...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: In 1986-87 Icemen Were 15-0 | 1/25/1989 | See Source »

Opponents are well-organized and vigorous. FUEL, which represents 800 diverse associations, last month launched a congressional letter-writing campaign to head off the tax increase before it gains momentum. Participants ranged from the American Ski Federation, which fears a falloff in resort business if Americans drive less, to the National Association of Manufacturers and the National Urban League...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fueling Up a Brawl: U.S. gas tax | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

...dapper, soft-spoken head of the Seibu Saison Group (1987 sales: $28 billion), a conglomerate of department stores, supermarkets and service organizations. Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, 54, square jawed and hard driving, owns the Seibu Railway group, which operates $400 billion worth of railways, hotels, golf courses and ski resorts. The two are half brothers and have long been locked in intense competition. Last fall the conflict broke into the open when Seiji's Seibu Saison Group acquired the Inter-Continental hotel chain for nearly $2.2 billion, a challenge to Yoshiaki's hotel domain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joust of The Half Brothers | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

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