Word: waterskiing
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...Games legitimize the pursuits of disaffected suburban youth. But not the truly disenfranchised. You have to be pretty tight with someone who owns a boat to learn to barefoot-waterski-jump, or have some serious spare cash to go up in a plane to sky-surf. These are the kinds of recreational activities that spring up when a nation hasn't been off to war in a long time...
...becoming to water skiing what snowboarding has become to downhill. A relatively new development, wakeboards account for 20% of the water-ski market, a sizable chunk considering that there are 30 million water skiers worldwide. Most regard Arizona as the Alps of water skiing. In a recent survey of WaterSki magazine readers, the Grand Canyon State claimed three of the top five destinations: Lakes Powell, Mead and Havasu...
...with their two small daughters. A full-time maid lives on the floor above. In winter the Raguins take a week off to ski in the French Alps; in summer they rent a modestly priced seaside villa for a month on the island of Corsica, where they sail and waterski. Occasionally during the year they take long weekend trips to London or resorts in France. Though they could probably afford it, they do not own a country house. Both detest traffic and tremble at the thought of the interminable, bumper-to-bumper return to the city every Sunday night...
...likes semiclassical music and Winston Churchill, and privately and publicly projects total sincerity. He relaxes by roaming around the woods near his home with his wife Muffet and their four young children. Occasionally he travels to Florida to sail (he was in the Navy from 1953 to 1956) and waterski...
...However, as one puts it: "Getting Velasco interested in the economy is like getting a Buddhist monk interested in water-skiing." Conversations on the problem-Peru refuses to term them negotiations-resume shortly in Washington. Before long, the Administration firmly hopes, the monk will develop a yen to waterski...