Word: tours
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...outlook it brings to every day is what I love about reporting--the long conversations with natives about their impressions of the Tour, the importance of stopping to notice every detail and, of course, the challenge of searching high and low for the unique story, the unique angle...
...been a struggle. L.A., 6,000 miles away, cannot book hotels or flash its name to make interviews and interviewees snap into place. Here, the Harvard name means nothing and the Los Angeles Times is a little-known entity. My numerous brochures about the history and itinerary of the Tour are more of a hindrance with the pounds they add to my already weight load than a help in writing my articles...
...reliance and admitting ignorance. I say art because it takes practice to swallow your pride--something none of us Harvardians are too adept at--and to ask for help from a total stranger. But it is in these moments of helplessness that I have gained incredible insight into the Tour and its people...
...beauty around me here, I opened up to the locals--and they opened up to me. Their low-pitched, gravely pronunciation, in sharp contrast to my Parisian accent with a hint of a Belgian twang, began to sound less foreign. And they taught me the magic of the Tour--an event the size of a small village that thunders through their region each year leaving crowds of fans, discarded tents and straggling journalists in its wake...
...last week I have learned the names of most of the 200 riders of the Tour de France. I have learned more about the art and rules of cycling than I ever thought I could understand or retain. I have even learned to keep my eyes peeled for the yellow jersey of overall leader Lance Armstrong with an excitement verging on fanaticism...