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...usually consist of wooden platforms set with rollers or slime covered ramps aimed skyward at a forty-five degree angle. The two principle points the aspirant jumper must bear in mind as he finds himself launched into the air by this maniacal device are: (1) he must release the tow rope at the top of the jump; and (2) sooner or later he will come down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Too Cold? Ankles Broken? Try Water Skiing Next Time | 1/22/1948 | See Source »

Other pastimes for the man who has learned "everything" about the sport are skiing on one slat, using only one ski while holding the tow rope with the other foot, changing skis at full speed, and changing skis with another fanatic behind the same boat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Too Cold? Ankles Broken? Try Water Skiing Next Time | 1/22/1948 | See Source »

With three women in tow, a Hearst reporter and photographer strolled into a deserted Los Angeles bar. They moved the bar stools (required by California law) to one side, and the photographer shot a waist-to-toe picture of the reporter and women, standing with their feet planted on the rail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Old Campaigner | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

Tail-wagging slat enthusiasts can put weekend and between-term skiing opportunities to use and still return with their shirts in tow. The only requirements: an inexhaustible appetite for a healthy, outdoor life, the ability to make one's own breakfast, and sufficient willpower to roll out at 7 o'clock in the morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hardy Ski Enthusiasts Can Curtail Vacation Expenses | 1/8/1948 | See Source »

Hopes. The newsmen were waiting on the liner's aft veranda deck, shivering slightly in the 39° cold, when Panyushkin, hatless and inconspicuous in a long blue overcoat, hove into sight in tow of a Cunard pressagent. When he spotted the group, he fled to a lower deck. The reporters followed, and cornered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Shark at Bay | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

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