Word: winterizer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Francisco-born comic who uses the motto "700 sailors can't be wrong," has performed in 33 states and five Canadian provinces to date. Recently Snow accepted a position as one of the "comic commentators" for the 1988 Winter Olympics...
...hockey team ran out of miracles last night, falling to the Soviet Union, 7-5, in their first Winter Olympic meeting since the stunning American victory at the 1980 Lake Placid Games...
...Soviets looked every bit the team that U.S. Coach Dave Peterson called the strongest in the Winter Olympics...
...with some sports still hibernating for the winter, the club is conducting pre-season practice in preparation--as well as anticipation--of the spring season...
...commercial advertisements." He made a reported $30,000 that year. Others had similar contracts, but Olympics Chieftain Avery (known sardonically as "Slavery") Brundage wanted to use him as an example to fight growing commercialism in skiing. It didn't work. Skiers today are the most heavily sponsored of all Winter Olympians. Zurbriggen, a sporting-goods store on skis, wears seven of his products in action, from goggles to boots. His estimated 1987 take, approaching $1 million, was paid through a perfectly legal Swiss team trust fund. If Brundage weren't dead, this would kill...