Word: snow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wins some more this week-whoever does-the memory for all is sure to be of more than a snowstorm. The day of the opening ceremony, snow was abundant only in the mountains, and a welcome dusting that morning brought a happy blush to those streaming to Kosevo soccer stadium by bus or on foot. At a staging area outside the park, the U.S. Nordic skiers arrived early, including Kelly Milligan of Moose, Wyo. ("Twelve miles," as she explained, "from Jackson Hole"). Four years ago, Milligan was watching on television. "Now it's me," she sang. "I wear...
Around a ramp of snow trucked down from the hills, the flame was delivered to Figure Skater Sanda Dubravcic. She ran the sparkler up a great white staircase, and the Olympic wok ignited instantly with a roar. But the highlight for some was the final duty of Lake Placid, the hosts of 1980, represented by Mayor Robert Peacock and the Norwood, N.Y., fire-department band. Appearing incomplete without a Dalmatian trotting alongside, the firemen oom-pah-pahed along the Bosnian Main Street, performing When the Saints Go Marching In, America the Beautiful and Baby Face...
...They can decree that things be done here. We can't decree." But the generous way the Yugoslavs have followed their orders seems beyond the requirements of duty. Taxi drivers refuse exorbitant tips, and strangers race after passers-by to return precious figure-skating tickets dropped in the snow. "They are fiercely proud, and they want people to love their country," says Ueberroth. "This is what has to happen in Los Angeles for our Games to be successful." Among his new resolutions: to increase language services. "The Yugoslavs even gave Berlitz courses to cab drivers so they know...
...kind of medal this week will be the Americans' first. But back at the Olympic village, Mojmilo, the atmosphere has been clearing. After the snow dropped (18 in. in town, 49 in. on the mountains), the smog eased, and American athletes found less need for the purifying "air ecologizers" the team had packed. "I've been spending a lot of time in my room," says Rosalynn Sumners, whose most important week is finally here. "The air's O.K. there. But the only problem is that I've had too much time to think." When...
...snow, fog and high winds that twice knocked out the men's downhill ski race eliminated any realistic chance of a U.S. medal to savor during the first four days. ABC concentrated on two successive losses by the U.S. hockey team, and the second game was temporarily and perhaps mercifully blacked out by a power shortage. The six-hour time difference meant that the American setbacks were reported on newscasts well in advance of ABC's programs. And somber news from Moscow and Beirut overshadowed the celebratory glow in Sarajevo...