Word: snow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because of the snow, because of the sometimes ominous thoughts of the future--and because of our real hometowns--it is essential to realize children grow up, traffic cops continue to preserve order, subway workers sweat so that Harvard can continue to expand its Horizons, and yes, people still play harmonicas...
Because of the chronic lack of snow, the nordic events were held at Dartmouth, while the alpiners traversed gates on the flat, icy terrain of Brodie Mountain...
...storm did come, Fahrner would send up scores of workmen on skis to pack down the new snow in order to give the competitors a solid surface...
...miles away, Doug Fletcher watched as scrapers gnawed away at a three-story-high mount of man-made snow, scooping it up for loading into an ever moving convoy of dump trucks. One week before the Olympic Games were scheduled to open, the final yards of the cross-country courses were being blanketed. For the first time in history, man-made snow was being used for Nordic skiing. In less than a month, Fletcher's crew of 50-plus men, 30 dump trucks and 19 spreading machines had trundled through the woods around Mount Van Hoevenberg and covered...
...snow slowly crept into the huge stadium where fans will sit to watch the start and finish of cross-country and biathlon events, the taciturn Fletcher smiled. "It was a big job, but we did it." The British biathlon team manager offered a more eloquent summation: "When you think of it, it's a modern miracle. They've made all the snow for an Olympic Games...