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Where are the snowplows of yesteryear? Back in 1956, the Nebraska town of Sidney (pop. 6,300) spent $50 to buy a used Civil Defense truck (1936 vintage), and put a plowing blade on it to clear the town airport of snow. Last fall, when City Manager Merle Strouse decided that the old plow had reached "the last of its days," he investigated new snowplows and found that they cost $25,000, more than twice the $9,800 that the town wanted to pay. He asked the Federal Aviation Administration to help out. The FAA decided that the town really...
...city balked. It did not really mind the federal largesse, but it minded the fact that the federals wanted the town to pay 10%, which by now would amount to $21,000, almost as much as the original new snowplow that had seemed too expensive. So the town asked if it could simply scrap the construction of the snow-plow building. No, said the feds, if it did not have a construction project, it did not qualify for most FAA grants...
...only take 15 people." After passing an endurance test, he took a written exam on first aid and ski patrol regulations, and passed with the second highest score. This qualified him for the skiing test: Jim had to demonstrate every technique of skiing, from stem christie to parallel to snowplow on a very steep slope, and ski every kind of snow--packed, powder, ice and crud--at high speed. He passed the skiing test with a low score, but not too low. Of the 65 people to tried to join, Jim's total score placed...
...frosty morning in early 1974, a novice skier named James Sunday, 20, was working his way through a slow snowplow turn near the intersection of Drifter and Interstate trails on Vermont's Stratton Mountain. One of his ski tips hooked on a bit of snow-covered underbrush, and Sunday fell. He broke his neck and was permanently paralyzed from the shoulders down. He brought suit, and last year a Burlington, Vt., jury found the Stratton Mountain Corp. fully liable for the accident. It awarded Sunday $1.5 million in damages...
...changes which will affect Harvard in the next three weeks of Eastern Intercollegiate Skiing races is team scoring. No longer is the combined performance of the top three finishers of each team to count. No longer will coach Peter Carter be yelling at his fifth man, "Snowplow! Sideslip! Stem! Just stand up! If you race I'll kill you!" after two more daring Harvards have already levelled spectators and explored the woods...