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...wild beauty of a ski run, the challenge of modern technique, or the elan of apres ski -- three of the most rewarding aspects of the sport. The parallel christie is at once more attractive, more fun, and less dangerous than the stem turn; it facilitates controlled skiing on steep slopes as well as quick linked turns on narrow trails...
...thermostatically heated, lit by soft overhead lamps and maintained by a full-time staff-will open for business at the foot of Manhattan. (Seven more courts will open later.) Some would-be tennis players may find the yearly membership fees (ranging up to $500 per person) a bit steep for a maximum of one hour's play a week. Let them play golf...
...from Genoa to Switzerland and Germany, is near completion. It climbs to a maximum height of 6,480 ft., snakes through seven mountain tunnels, makes 85 river crossings on its own bridges and has special equipment to reduce the tremendous oil pressures that would otherwise build up on its steep declines. In Germany, construction will begin this year on a large petroleum products pipeline between Cologne and Frankfurt, and a German consortium will soon start building a $125 million natural-gas pipeline from the Dutch border to Bavaria. France's third petroleum products pipeline between Le Havre and Paris...
After ten days, the Pacific High pulled itself together again. The normal pattern of northwest winter weather brought cold air from Alaska. Snowfall put ski resorts back in business again. The steep rivers stopped foaming, and river towns began cleaning up the debris left by floods. Then, early last week, the sheltering Pacific High broke in two once more, and another wind from Hawaii headed for California. Another warning went out, and inhabitants of flood-damaged towns headed for the hills...
Spinning a Problem. Experimental cars tested by Detroit have tended to oversteer on curves, sometimes spinning out of control-a problem that the smaller, less powerful European cars have not encountered. Cars with front wheel drive have also proven less efficient on steep grades, noisier at low speeds. Their power must be transmitted to the independently-sprung and swiveling front wheels rather than to fixed rear wheels, requiring a more complex axle that could cost Oldsmobile $150 more per car than the conventional drive. Says a rival Big Three executive: "Front wheel drive is just not worth the added cost...