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Most viewers tuning in to the Winter Olympics will be limited to a vocabulary of three small o words: "ooh" for any soaring feat after which the athlete remains in an upright position, "oops" for ungainly plops onto ice or snow and "ouch" for the spectacular disasters. Couch-cozy spectators are likely to remain otherwise speechless at the subtleties of winter sports. They will not be helped by the glossolalia that accompanies the coverage of the Games, including such fascinating but baffling terms as Axels and Lutzes, telemark and super-Gs. Enlightened appreciation will also be hindered by Zen-like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Beyond the O Words | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

...comedienne currently tours the country for at least two weeks out of each month. Snow says the best thing about traveling with her stand-up is "seeing fresh faces in a place where I've never worked before...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Snow Makes Sailors Come Ashore | 2/19/1988 | See Source »

...Snow quips that in the future she will "hopefully be napping." On a more serious note, she says she wants to become an actress. "I take acting classes now. It's a natural progression...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Snow Makes Sailors Come Ashore | 2/19/1988 | See Source »

...Snow denies that money is her primary interest in becoming an actress. "I'm not in it to be rich immediately, but it would be nice if it happens...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Snow Makes Sailors Come Ashore | 2/19/1988 | See Source »

Unlike her idol Garry Shandling, Snow does not want to do a television series full time. "I love my stand-up. I'm not saying that I'm Gandhi but I do have something...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Snow Makes Sailors Come Ashore | 2/19/1988 | See Source »

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