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...Wood Pussy were chasing each other, waiting for vagrant puffs of breeze, or just lazing along. Sometimes, in a strong puff, one or more blew over; but after thrashing about in the water for a while their crews climbed in again, bailed, and sailed on or waited for a tow. In short, as the saucer man would have been fully justified in reporting to his interstellar G2, the Americans have found a big new way of getting sunburned, soaked to the skin and happily exhausted...
...minutes. On hand to greet him at the first tee was his favorite caddy, Willie Perteet. Ike calls Willie "Cemetery," a refinement on his usual nickname, "Dead Man." (In 1932 Willie was cut up so badly in a brawl that a doctor pronounced him dead.) With Willie in tow, the President set off over the course, striding along briskly, as he habitually does while golfing. He got in seven holes before dusk...
...this type because they refuse a cocktail at noon and always rush off to the slopes like Greta Garbo-"I vant to be alone!" They do parallel christies all the way down the slope, stand at the bottom and examine the trail they left, and then climb on the tow again with a determined expression, swearing softly...
...another skier, or a tree, or a bump, and then he falls down. When he gets up he tries again. But he's happy. He loves the feel of the cool clear crystals in his early, the wind whipping by his watering eyes, and the relaxing ride on the tow...
...tow. That is the wonder of the modern-day fairy-land that is a New Hampshire or Vermont ski resort. Whether it's a chair lift, a rope tow, or a T-bar, there they all are. All types ride the tow. And here is where the basic purpose of the skier comes to the surface...