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...giant slalom, Hodgkins ended in ninth place while Fajtova followed closely in 15th. The girls reversed their order and improved in the slalom, placing eigth and 12th, respectively...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Ski Team Tenth at Middlebury; Three Women Reach Nationals | 2/28/1978 | See Source »

President Laurent Boix-Vives (pronounced Bwah-veeve), now 51, started two ski-lift companies in his home region of Savoie in 1951, after serving an apprenticeship in his father's fruit and vegetable business. In 1955 he learned from a friend, Emile Allais, a former world downhill and slalom champion, of a nearly bankrupt firm, Societe Rossignol, that produced wooden spools for the textile trade and wooden skis on the side. Boix-Vives borrowed $50,000, bought the firm and laid off everyone but 27 ski makers, creating a lean, one-product shop. Allais soon devised a metal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Rossi Rides the Big Ski Lift | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

Kris Hodgkins led the women in both the giant slalom and slalom events. Alpine captain Vera Fajtova followed Hodgkins in the Slalom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skiers Escape Cambridge | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

Eric Klaussen, the top downhiller for the men's team, led the Crimson in both of the men's slalom events...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skiers Escape Cambridge | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

Palm's program is already on 126 weekly flights connecting Germany with the Americas, Africa and the Far East, and is also available in printed form. Scandinavian Airlines has followed suit with an exercise program featuring such bracing gyrations as "jogging on the spot," "rowing while seated" and "slalom while seated." Indeed mini-gymnastics aloft may become the biggest thing in air travel since mini-Martinis. Prosit! Skoal! To your health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Fitness in Flight | 8/1/1977 | See Source »

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