Word: sport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...championship eights, only hardcore fans remained--meaning those who actually knew something about the sport and the athletes. One, a would-be crewbie, side-lined by a crushed thumb in a weight-room accident, kept screaming, "Go Columbia...
China By The Charles: Although the Head of the Charles regatta this Sunday is expected to draw more than 100,000 revelers for that quintessentially preppy sport of crew, organizers of a new student group promoting awareness of the Chinese pro-democracy movement see it as a perfect chance to get across their message. Joseph C. Kusnan '93, who helped found Harvard Students for a Democratic China, said the group has obtained permission to sell t-shirts at this weekend's festivities...
...want to be very sensitive to the state of the community," Vincent said. "Our modest little sport of baseball doesn't mean much at this time. It's a very difficult time for San Francisco...
...What the sport needed, Braden decided, was some good research. With sponsorship from the Aspen Skiing Corp., he began interviewing skiers and instructors. "I started hearing some horror stories," he recalls. "Arrogant ; ski instructors got inexperienced people to the top of the mountain and said, 'If you want to have lunch with us, ski down.' " Braden was aghast. Even with good instructors, he says, "skiing is the most intimidating sport. It surfaces childhood fears faster than anything: fear of abandonment, fear of falling. People haven't fallen for 30 or 40 years, and now they're down in the snow...
PROFILE: Vic Braden never met a sport he didn't like...