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...even talk to me about winter. It's never anything but a huge disappointment. Sure, you get the occasional snow day with nothing more important to do than slide down a steep hill on a snow tube and settle down with a steaming cup of hot chocolate. Maybe a day or two spent freezing your toes off at the ski slopes. But wait 'til it gets dark at 4:30 p.m. and there is nothing better to do than stay inside and do homework or watch TV. That's why I hate winter...
...many others are so optimistic. Russian critics of the military say the troops are moving into Chechnya too late in the year. Within a few weeks ground operations will be slowed by mud, then halted altogether by snow, while air operations will be hampered by low-hanging mists. "Military strategy says you should never, never initiate a ground operation with winter approaching," commented Alexander Zhilin, a former Russian fighter pilot and now a military analyst for the weekly Moscow News. "I am afraid there are going to be massive casualties." Former Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin, a hawk during the last...
...diversity. We seem to be doing fine in the grain department-indeed, choosing whether to toast a bagel, a muffin, white bread or multi-grain has left us chasing the shuttle on many early morns. And the spectrum of vegetables isn't poorly represented either-imagine, butternut squash and snow peas on the same night...
...Nordic team trains on rollerskis in the fall off-season, travels to a Weston golf course during weekdays in the winter, and is on the road every weekend after winter finals until mid-March. The team took a Christmas training trip to Quebec to get more on-snow time, as well as an intersession trip to Waterville Valley...
...Alpine team also faced low numbers in 1998-99, and struggled in the highly competitive EISA. Due to poor snow conditions the team was unable to train at Blue Hills Ski Area at all during the school week...