Word: telemark
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Tour skiing is safer than downhill skiing and far easier to learn. Once the novice has mastered the gliding-stride motion (not unlike Groucho Marx's fluid slouch), the other skills, like the herringbone (a method of walking uphill) and the telemark (a way of turning) can be learned by simple trial and error...
Although Norwegians have no intention of dismantling their social net, they are becoming increasingly irritated at its red tape. Says Ragnhild Braathen, a Telemark housewife: "The regular citizen struggles against a wall of bureaucracy. People have waited 20 years before receiving their disability pensions. I know a woman who applied for 'single provider assistance.' She is still waiting for an answer and her 'child' is now 35 years old." Complains Kjell Lorentsen, a schoolmaster in northern Norway: "Responsibility for any decision seems to dissolve into powder...
...MAIN BUILDING (77 Mass. Ave.), "W.C. Fields and Charlie Chaplin Orgy" a series of shorts, Jan. 14. 7 and 9:30 The Heroes of Telemark starring Kirk Douglas. Jan. 21. 7 and 9:30 $.50 donation for CARE-Nicaragua Fund...